吾輩

See also: 吾辈

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

吾輩

  1. (literary) we; us

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 我們 (“we”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 我, 吾儕, 我等, 我曹, 我輩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 我們
Mandarin Beijing 我們, 姆們
Taiwan 我們
Tianjin 我們
Harbin 我們
Jinan 我們, 俺們, 俺, 俺這伙
Muping 俺
Luoyang 我們, 俺們, 俺
Wanrong 我的, 我
Xi'an 俺的, 俺
Xining 我們
Xuzhou 俺
Yinchuan 卬們
Lanzhou 我們
Ürümqi 我們
Wuhan 我們
Chengdu 我們
Guiyang 我們
Liuzhou 我們
Yangzhou 我們, 們, 我輩兒
Nanjing 我們
Hefei 我們
Nantong 我恁
Malaysia 我們
Singapore 我們
Cantonese Guangzhou 我哋
Hong Kong 我哋
Taishan 我
Dongguan 我哋
Yangjiang 偔
Kuala Lumpur 我哋
Gan Nanchang 我個俚, 我等, 我們
Lichuan 我多
Pingxiang 我俚, 巷俚
Hakka Meixian 𠊎等人, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎儕
Xingning 𠊎兜人
Huidong (Daling) 𠊎兜人
Qujiang 𠊎俚
Changting 𠊎儕們, 𠊎儕
Pingyu 𠊎等人, 𠊎兜
Wuping 𠊎等人
Ninghua 𠊎人, 𠊎多人
Yudu 𠊎底
Ruijin 𠊎班人
Shicheng 𠊎郎人
Shangyou 𠊎子人
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
Hsinchu (Raoping) 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 𠊎人
Senai 吾兜
Huizhou Jixi 我人
Jin Taiyuan 我們, 俺們
Xinzhou 俺們, 俺
Min Bei Jian'ou 我人, 我伙人
Min Dong Fuzhou 我各儂
Fuqing 儂家, 儂家各儂
Min Nan Xiamen 阮
Quanzhou 阮
Zhangzhou 阮
Taipei 阮
Kaohsiung 阮
Tainan 阮
Taichung 阮
Hsinchu 阮
Lukang 阮
Sanxia 阮
Yilan 阮
Kinmen 阮
Magong 阮
Penang 我儂
Singapore 我儂
Philippines (Manila) 阮
Chaozhou 阮
Haifeng 阮, 阮儂
Haikou 我儂
Leizhou 我儂
Puxian Min Putian 我輩
Xianyou 滾, 我輩
Pinghua Nanning 我哋
Wu Shanghai 阿拉, 我伲 dated, 伲 dated
Suzhou 伲
Hangzhou 我們
Wenzhou 我倈
Chongming 我俚
Danyang 我己
Jinhua 我浪, 昂
Tangxi 我道
Ningbo 阿拉, 阿
Xiang Changsha 我們
Shuangfeng 我俚, 卬俚
Loudi 我俺

Japanese
Kanji in this term
吾 輩
わが
Jinmeiyō		 はい
Grade: S
yutōyomi

Alternative forms

Pronoun

吾輩 (hiragana わがはい, rōmaji wagahai)

  1. I, me; we, us
    • 1905, Natsume Sōseki, I am a Cat‎:
      :
      吾輩 (わがはい)は猫 (ねこ)である。名前 (なまえ)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
  • 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 pronoun widely used today is 俺.
  • This pronoun has a nuance of arrogance.

Synonyms
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