辈
lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,704 U+8F88
How 辈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
车 (semantic, “wheel”) + 非 (phonetic, fēi)
How to remember it
lifetime · Heisig RSH #2633
jail cell + 车 car
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 非
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 非 (fēi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非 sound component | fēi | not, negative, non-; to oppose |
| 排 | pái | row, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove |
| 悲 | bēi | sorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry |
| 菲 | fēi | fragrant; rich, luxuriant; the Philippines |
| 啡 | fēi | coffee; morphine |
| 匪 | fěi | bandits, robbers, gangsters |
| 斐 | fěi | graceful, elegant, beautiful |
| 腓 | féi | leg, calf; to wither, to decay |
| 蜚 | fēi | cockroach |
| 翡 | fěi | kingfisher; jade, emerald |
| 俳 | pái | actor; vaudeville show; insincere |
| 鲱 | fēi | herring |
| 扉 | fēi | door panel |
| 痱 | fèi | heat rash; prickly heat; ulcers |
| 绯 | fēi | crimson, scarlet; purple |
| 诽 | fěi | to condemn, to slander, to vilify |
| 裴 | péi | flowing gown; surname |
| 悱 | fěi | overcome with emotion; at a loss for words |
| 霏 | fēi | rainfall, snowfall |
Words containing 辈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无名之辈 | wú míng zhī bèi | unknown person; nobody |
| 一辈子 | yī bèi zi | (for) a lifetime |
| 小辈子 | xiǎo bèi zi | (Sichuan dialect) member of the younger generation |
| 上辈子 | shàng bèi zi | one's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation |
| 下辈子 | xià bèi zi | the next life |
| 老一辈 | lǎo yī bèi | older generation |
| 半辈子 | bàn bèi zi | half of a lifetime |
| 八辈子 | bā bèi zi | (fig.) a long time |
| 长辈图 | zhǎng bèi tú | (Internet slang) boomer meme (Tw) |
| 班辈儿 | bān bèi r | seniority in the family; pecking order |
| 等闲之辈 | děng xián zhī bèi | (in the negative) (not) to be trifled with |
| 辈子 | bèi zi | all one's life; lifetime |
| 辈儿 | bèi r | generation |
| 小辈 | xiǎo bèi | the younger generation |
| 行辈 | háng bèi | generation and age ranking; seniority |
| 上辈 | shàng bèi | ancestors; one's elders |
| 辈分 | bèi fen | seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy; Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4] |
| 长辈 | zhǎng bèi | one's elders; older generation |
| 下辈 | xià bèi | offspring; future generations; younger generation of a family; junior members of a group |
| 平辈 | píng bèi | of the same generation |