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
Simplified (辈)
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Historical Evolution
辈
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
辈
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Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
辈
Regular
Modern
Chinese
辈 / 輩 [bèi]
lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
Japanese
Korean
배 [輩]
-bae; A suffix used to mean people of a group.
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (35)
一辈子 [yībèizi] #1,925
(for) a lifetime
辈子 [bèizi] #2,371
all one's life
前辈 [qiánbèi] #11,534
senior
半辈子 [bànbèizi] #7,282
half of a lifetime
下辈子 [xiàbèizi] #14,731
the next life
长辈 [zhǎngbèi] #14,096
one's elders
晚辈 [wǎnbèi] #41,945
the younger generation
上辈子 [shàngbèizi] #27,195
one's ancestors
老一辈 [lǎoyībèi] #32,837
previous generation
父辈 [fùbèi] #21,965
people of one's parents' generation
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JAPANESE WORDS (34)
⭐ 先輩 [せんぱい] #1,312
senior (at work or school)
⭐ 後輩 [こうはい] #3,741
junior (at work, school, etc.)
⭐ 年配 [ねんぱい] #13,223
(approximate) age
⭐ 輩出 [はいしゅつ] #23,123
producing (people) in great numbers
我輩 [わがはい] #23,991
I
先輩後輩 [せんぱいこうはい] #33,556
one's seniors and juniors
大先輩 [だいせんぱい] #34,527
someone who is greatly one's senior
若輩 [じゃくはい] #37,431
young person
同輩 [どうはい] #38,550
fellows
若輩者 [じゃくはいもの] #38,803
inexperienced person
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