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吾輩
吾輩
See also: 吾辈
Chinese
| I; my | contemporaries; generation; lifetime | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (吾輩) | 吾 | 輩 | |
| simp. (吾辈) | 吾 | 辈 | |
Pronoun
吾輩
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 我們 (“we”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 我、吾儕、我等、我曹、我輩 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 我們 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 我們 |
| Taiwan | 我們 | |
| Tianjin | 我們 | |
| Jinan | 我們、俺們、俺、俺這伙 | |
| Xi'an | 我的、我、我們 | |
| Wuhan | 我們 | |
| Chengdu | 我們 | |
| Yangzhou | 我們 | |
| Hefei | 我們 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 我哋 |
| Hong Kong | 我哋 | |
| Taishan | 我 | |
| Yangjiang | 偔 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 我個裡、我們 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𠊎等人、𠊎等 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𠊎兜、𠊎等、𠊎兜人、𠊎兜儕、𠊎這兜 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 𠊎等、𠊎等人 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 𠊎兜、𠊎等、𠊎兜人、𠊎兜儕 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 吾等、吾這兜、吾這兜人 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 𠊎兜、𠊎等、𠊎兜人、𠊎兜儕 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 𠊎人 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 我們、俺們 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 我人、我伙人 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 我各儂 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 阮 |
| Taipei | 阮 | |
| Chaozhou | 阮 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿拉、我伲 dated、伲 dated |
| Suzhou | 伲 | |
| Wenzhou | 我倈 | |
| Ningbo | 阿拉、阿 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 我們 |
| Shuangfeng | 我哩、卬哩 | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 吾 | 輩 |
| Jinmeiyō | Grade: S |
Alternative forms
- 我輩, 我が輩, 吾が輩
Pronoun
吾輩 (hiragana わがはい, romaji wagahai)
- I, me; we, us
- 1905, Natsume Sōseki, 吾輩は猫である:
- 吾輩は猫である。名前はまだ無い。
- Wagahai wa neko de aru. Namae wa mada nai.
- I am a cat. As of yet, I have no name.
- 吾輩は猫である。名前はまだ無い。
- 1905, Natsume Sōseki, 吾輩は猫である:
Usage notes
- When this word is used today it's often a pun on the title of Natsume Sōseki's novel, and the usage follows the form 吾輩は[...]である. The closest widely used pronoun is 俺.
- This pronoun has a nuance of arrogance.
Synonyms
- 俺 (ore)