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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
bèi - lifetime
- generation
- group of people
- class
- classifier for generations
- (literary) classifier for people

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 11,795 9,200 10,433

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Wheel

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
一辈子 5 5 1,925 2,747 934
辈子 - - 2,371 7,804 3,227
半辈子 - - 7,282 25,031 14,078
前辈 - 8 11,534 7,591 9,133
- 5 11,795 9,200 10,433
长辈 6 8 14,096 14,348 9,334
下辈子 - - 14,731 13,206 4,774
先辈 - - 18,811 39,605 42,715
父辈 - - 21,965 30,868 30,642
鼠辈 - - 24,941 67,265 53,515
上辈子 - - 27,195 19,144 7,198
祖辈 - - 29,726 41,687 42,379
后辈 - - 30,995 31,015 27,664
小辈 - - 32,746 35,969 37,919
老一辈 - - 32,837 19,260 23,630
无名之辈 - - 39,028 - -
等闲之辈 - - 39,149 60,791 81,774
同辈 - - 41,668 51,507 46,458
晚辈 - - 41,945 15,780 31,695
辈出 - - 48,399 31,294 20,174
吾辈 - - 57,729 50,173 23,274
祖祖辈辈 - - 59,258 45,502 56,914
辈分 - - 72,139 44,808 34,630