# 吾輩
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wúbèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄅㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ng$^4$ bui$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wúbèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄅㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wúbèi
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^2$-pei$^4$
*** Yale: wú-bèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wubey
*** Palladius: убэй (ubɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /u³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ng$^4$ bui$^3$
*** Yale: ǹgh bui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ng$^4$ bui$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ng$^4$ bui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ̍²¹ puːi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: ngu pwojH
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 |
| Baxter | ngu | pwojH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋuo/ | /puʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋuo/ | /puoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋo/ | /puɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɔ/ | /pwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋo/ | /puᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋu/ | /puɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋuo/ | /puɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wú | bèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ng$^4$ | bui$^3$ |

### Pronoun

吾輩
* (literary) we; us

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 我, 吾儕, 吾等, 我等, 吾曹, 我曹, 我輩, 吾輩 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 我們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 我們, 姆們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 我們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 我們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 我們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 我們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 我們, 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 我們, 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 我們, 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 我們, 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 我們, 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 我們, 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 我們, 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 我們, 俺們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 我們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 我們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 我們 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 我們 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 我們 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 我們, 俺們 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 我們, 俺們 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 俺們 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 我們, 俺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 我們, 俺們, 俺, 俺這夥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 我們 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 我們, 俺, 俺們 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 我們, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 我們, 俺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 我們, 俺, 俺們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 我們, 俺們, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 我的, 我 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 我們, 我家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 我們, 俺, 俺們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 我們, 俺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 俺, 我們 literary |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 我們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 我們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 俺的, 俺, 我的, 我, 我們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 我們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 我們, 我的, 𠊎的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 我們, 我的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 我們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 俺, 我們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 我們, 俺們, 俺幾個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 我們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 我們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 我們, 卬們, 阿們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 我們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 我們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 我們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 我們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 我們兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Xiakuojie) | 我哋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 我們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 我們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 我們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 我們, 們, 我輩兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 我們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 我們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 我恁, 我倈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 我們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 我們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 我們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 我家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 我們, 我家 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 我哋, 我俚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 我俚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 我啲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 我班人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 我俚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 偔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 偔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 偔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 偔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 我 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 我喊齊 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 我 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 偔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 我人 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 俺 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 我哋 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 我哋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 我個俚, 我等, 我們 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 我多 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 我俚, 巷俚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𠊎等人, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎儕 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 𠊎兜人 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 我, 我咧, 我大家, 我茶家 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 我, 我咧 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 我俚 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 我, 我咧 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 𠊎兜人 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 吾兜 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 我俚 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 我咧 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 我, 我齊家 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 吾兜, 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 吾哋 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 吾哋 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 我咧 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 我俚 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 我咧 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 我, 我咧 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 我哋 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 我咧 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 我哋 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 𠊎等 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 𠊎俚 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 我根 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 我哋 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿俚 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 𠊎俚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 𠊎兜儕 |
| Hakka | Changting | 𠊎儕們, 𠊎儕 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 𠊎等人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 𠊎等人, 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 𠊎大全 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 𠊎人, 𠊎多人 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 𠊎底 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 𠊎班人 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 𠊎郎人 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 𠊎子人 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕, 𠊎這兜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𠊎等, 𠊎等人 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 吾等, 吾這兜, 吾這兜人 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𠊎兜, 𠊎等, 𠊎兜人, 𠊎兜儕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 𠊎人 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 𠊎哋 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 𠊎俚 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 我們 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 𠊎人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 𠊎大家人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 𠊎哋, 𠊎啲人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingjiao) | 𠊎人, 𠊎兜人 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 𠊎兜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 吾兜 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 我儕, 吾儕, 𠊎兜儕 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 𠊎兜儕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 我人 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 我人 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 我人 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 我人 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 我儂 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 我大家 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 俺家, 刷俺 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 我拉 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 阿啊 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 我些人 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 我們, 俺們 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 我家, 我家們家, 我們 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 我們 |
| Jin | Datong | 我們 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 我們, 俺們, 俺 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 俺們 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 我家 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 我們 |
| Jin | Linhe | 我們 |
| Jin | Jining | 我們 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 我們 |
| Jin | Baotou | 我們 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 我們 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 我們 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 我們, 俺們 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 我們, 俺們 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 我們 |
| Jin | Handan | 我們, 俺們 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 我們, 俺們 |
| Jin | Suide | 我們 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 我人, 我夥人 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 我人 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 俺叢人 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 我人 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 我人 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 我夥人 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 我夥人 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 我人, 我多人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 我各儂, 儂家各儂, 儂家 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 儂家 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 儂家, 儂家各儂, 我各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 儂家 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 儂家各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 我各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 我儕 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 我儕儂, 我儕 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 我儂 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 我儕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 我儂 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 儂家 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 我各儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 阮 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 我儂, 阮, 阮儂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 我夥 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 阮儂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 阮 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 阮, 阮儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阮, 阮儂 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 我儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 我儂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 我輩 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 滾, 我輩 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 我人 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 我哋 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 我哋 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 𠊎人 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 𠊎人 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 𠊎人 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 𠊎仔 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 𠊎個人 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿拉, 我伲 dated, 伲 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 我㑚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 我俚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 伲 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 我俚 |
| Wu | Danyang | 我己 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 我們 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿拉, 象拉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 我倈 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 我郎, 昂 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 我道 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 我們, 我屋裡 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 我人 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 我俺 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 我俚, 卬俚 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 俺 |

## 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])
* IPA: [β̞a̠ɡa̠ha̠i]

### Pronoun

吾(わが)輩(はい) • (wagahai)
* (dated) 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 yet, I have no name.

#### Usage notes

* This is uncommon and old-fashioned and conveys a nuance of self-importance and arrogance. When used today it is 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).

#### Synonyms

* 俺(おれ) (ore)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN