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辈子

bèi zi

2-character word Traditional 輩子

What 辈子 means

1. all one's life
2. lifetime

The characters in 辈子

• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 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.
• 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.
• 我已经活了大半辈子了。
  I've already lived most of my life.
• 他一辈子都在和时间赛跑。
  Tā yībèizi dōu zài hé shíjiān sàipǎo.
  His life is a neverending race against time.

Words containing 辈子

• 一辈子yī bèi zi(for) a lifetime
• 下辈子xià bèi zithe next life
• 半辈子bàn bèi zihalf of a lifetime
• 上辈子shàng bèi zione's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation
• 小辈子xiǎo bèi zi(Sichuan dialect) member of the younger generation
• 八辈子bā bèi zi(fig.) a long time

Sounds the same

Read bèi zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 被子blanket; quilt