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辈

bèi

HSK 5 Character Traditional 輩

What 辈 means

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

Example sentences

• 我尊敬长辈。
  Wǒ zūnjìng zhǎngbèi.
  I respect the elderly.
• 他穷了一辈子。
  He has been poor all his life.
• 我想我会一辈子单身。
  Wǒ xiǎng wǒ huì yībèizi dānshēn.
  I guess I'm never going to get married.
• Tom尊敬他的长辈。
  T om zūnjìng tā de zhǎngbèi.
  Tom respects his elders.
• 这活儿我干了一辈子。
  I've done this all my life.
• 我一辈子都是个流浪者。
  Wǒ yībèizi dōu shì gè liúlàngzhě.
  I'm a nomad for life.

Words starting with 辈

• 辈子bèi ziall one's life; lifetime
• 辈分bèi fenseniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy; Taiwan pr. bèi fèn
• 辈出bèi chūto come forth in large numbers
• 辈儿bèi rgeneration

Words containing 辈

• 一辈子yī bèi zi(for) a lifetime
• 长辈zhǎng bèione's elders; older generation
• 前辈qián bèisenior; older generation; precursor
• 下辈子xià bèi zithe next life
• 老一辈lǎo yī bèiolder generation
• 晚辈wǎn bèithe younger generation; those who come after
• 半辈子bàn bèi zihalf of a lifetime
• 父辈fù bèipeople of one's parents' generation
• 我辈wǒ bèi(literary) we; us
• 先辈xiān bèian older generation; ancestors; forefathers
• 祖辈zǔ bèiancestors; forefathers; ancestry
• 后辈hòu bèiyounger generation
• 上辈子shàng bèi zione's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation
• 同辈tóng bèiof the same generation; person of the same generation; peer
• 小辈xiǎo bèithe younger generation
• 祖祖辈辈zǔ zǔ bèi bèifor generations; from generation to generation
• 上辈shàng bèiancestors; one's elders
• 下辈xià bèioffspring; future generations; younger generation of a family
• 孙辈sūn bèigrandchildren
• 平辈píng bèiof the same generation
• 流辈liú bèia contemporary; similar class of people
• 班辈bān bèiseniority in the family; pecking order
• 老辈lǎo bèithe older generation; ancestors
• 行辈háng bèigeneration and age ranking; seniority

Characters that look like 辈

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 策cèpolicy; plan; scheme
• 笨bènstupid; foolish; silly
• 犁líplow
• 窜cuànto flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish
• 絮xùcotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
• 雳lìused in 霹雳

Sounds the same

Read bèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 被quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
• 备(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
• 背the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 倍(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 贝cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
• 惫exhausted
• 狈a legendary wolf; distressed; wretched
• 蓓used in 蓓蕾
• 焙to dry over a fire; to bake
• 悖to go against; to be contrary to; perverse
• 钡barium (chemistry)
• 孛comet