Taxonomy of meanings for 輩:  

  • 輩 bèi (OC: pɯɯls MC: puoi) 補妹切 去 廣韻:【等輩又比也類也俗作軰 】
    • CATEGORY
      • nabhumancategory > sort of person
      • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifiercategories 四輩弟子
    • PLURAL SUFFIXES
      • npost-Nplural indicator (early examples in SHISHUO, SANGUOZHI, JINSHU)
      • npost-Nafter animalsplural indicator (after animals) 鼠輩 rats (SHISHUO); 蛇輩 snakes (SANGUOZHI)
      • npost-NN=countedplural morpheme
      • npost-nproquestionplural indicator (following interrogative pronouns) 誰輩 who? (SHIOSHUO)
      • npost-nproplural indicator (following demonstrative pronouns) 是輩 these; 此輩 these; 此輩人 these people (SHISHUO)
      • npostad.Nproplural indicator (after personal pronouns) 我輩 we (JINSHU); 伊輩 they (SHISHUO) 我輩數人( QYX 切韻序)

    Additional information about 輩

    說文解字: 【輩】,若軍發車,百兩爲一輩。 〔小徐本無「一」。〕 从車、非聲。 【補妹切】