吾輩

See also: 吾辈

Chinese

I; my contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (吾輩) 吾 輩
simp. (吾辈) 吾 辈

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 吾 輩
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 五乎切 補妹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋuo/ /puʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋuo/ /puoiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋo/ /puɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɔ/ /pwəjH/
Li
Rong
/ŋo/ /puᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/ŋu/ /puɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋuo/ /puɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wú bèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ng4 bui3

Pronoun

吾輩

  1. (literary) we; us

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吾 輩
わが
Jinmeiyō
はい
Grade: S
yutōyomi
Alternative spellings
我輩
我が輩
吾が輩

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わがはい [wàgáháí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɡa̠ha̠i]

Pronoun

吾(わが)輩(はい) • (wagahai) 

  1. I, me; we, us
    • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)
      吾(わが)輩(はい)は猫(ねこ)である。名(な)前(まえ)はまだ無(な)い。
      Wagahai wa neko de aru. Namae wa mada nai.
      I am a cat. As of yet, I have no name.

Usage notes

  • This is uncommon and old-fashioned and conveys a nuance of self-importance. When 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 pronoun widely used today is 俺(おれ) (ore).
  • This pronoun has a nuance of arrogance.

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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