辈

Lifetime in Chinese: 辈 (bèi)

bèi

lifetime

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 輩1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lifetime
  2. 2generation
  3. 3group of people
  4. 4class
  5. 5classifier for generations
  6. 6(literary) classifier for people

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辈

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ㄅㄟˋ

bèi

ㄅ/ bㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

辈

Simplified

輩

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他们这一辈人吃过很多苦。

    tā men zhè yí bèi rén chī guò hěn duō kǔ。

    This generation of people has endured a lot of hardship.

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Related words

前辈

qián bèi

senior

长辈

zhǎng bèi

one's elders

一辈子

yī bèi zi

(for) a lifetime

本人

běn rén

I

比方

bǐ fang

analogy

比重

bǐ zhòng

proportion

必

bì

certainly

闭幕

bì mù

the curtain falls

闭幕式

bì mù shì

closing ceremony

边境

biān jìng

frontier

变动

biàn dòng

to change

便利

biàn lì

convenient

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