懂中文 Dong Chinese

輩

bèi

generation, lifetime

Original meaning: 

large group of chariots

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "large group of chariots". The meaning later shifted to "group of things" and "generation".

Components
非 sound component

非  Sound component

fēi

  

not

車 meaning component

車  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

Evolution

輩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
輩 Seal script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Seal script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
輩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

辈 (輩) 

bèi

generation, lifetime; class; lifetime; generation; group of people; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people

Most common words with 輩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

一辈子

(for) a lifetime

辈子

lifetime

前辈

senior

辈

lifetime

半辈子

half of a lifetime