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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- bei4
- English meanings
- lifetime, generation, group of people, class, classifier for generations, (literary) classifier for people
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 非; bottom 车.
Meaning & sound clues
车 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “wheel”.
非 is identified as the sound component (fēi). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 辈.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
times
north
low; humble
prepare; equipment
sad; sorrow
exhausted; tired
measure word (containers)
in 狼狈: sorry state
stele
learn by heart
by
shell; cowrie
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 一辈子
- 前辈
- 长辈