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Mythic Mandarin

一辈子 (yī bèi zi): meaning and stroke order

一辈子 (yī bèi zi) means (for) a lifetime.

一辈子

Simplified
一辈子
Traditional
一輩子
Pinyin
yī bèi zi

Stroke order of 一辈子

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

辈

  • bèi lifetime; generation
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 輩

Stroke by stroke

子

  • zǐ son; child
  • zi noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一辈子

  1. yī bèi zi Traditional 一輩子
    • (for) a lifetime

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
辈
Radical 车 (Kangxi radical 159) in its simplified form · 12 strokes · 非 on top, 车 below
子
Radical 子 (Kangxi radical 39) · 3 strokes · built from 了 and 一

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

一辈子 in our stories

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  • 冯宁说：“一个电钻一辈子可能只用十几分钟，每家都买一个，太浪费了。”

    Féng Níng shuō yí gè diànzuàn yíbèizi kěnéng zhǐ yòng shíjǐ fēnzhōng měi jiā dōu mǎi yí gè tài làngfèi le

    Feng Ning said, "A drill might be used for a quarter of an hour in its whole life. Every family buying one is such a waste."

    From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

Stories using 一辈子

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).