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长辈

zhǎngbèi

elder generation

HSK 6 · Topic “Home and Kin”
A child bows to a white-haired grandparent in a chair
Memory picture

Characters in this word

长 cháng

Strokes
4
Radical
长 — long, lasting
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

辈 bèi

Strokes
12
Radical
非 — not, negative, non-
Made of
非 not, negative, non- 车 cart, vehicle
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 过年时，孩子们会向长辈拜年，表达祝福。 Guònián shí, háizimen huì xiàng zhǎngbèi bàinián, biǎodá zhùfú. At New Year, children pay New Year greetings to their elders and express good wishes.
  • 对长辈说话要有礼貌。 Duì zhǎngbèi shuōhuà yào yǒu lǐmào. You should be polite when speaking to your elders.
  • 她从小就很尊敬家里的长辈。 Tā cóngxiǎo jiù hěn zūnjìng jiā lǐ de zhǎngbèi. Since childhood she has respected the elders in her family.

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