Sentence #469165 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 长辈 is built
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长zhǎngchief
长 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 長, drawn from a person with long hair: long (cháng), and to grow (zhǎng).
辈bèilifetime
非wrong · fēiSound part
车cart · chēMeaning part
车 hints at the meaning (cart); 非 (fēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with bèi.
How to write 长辈
长 4 strokes · 辈 12 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 长辈 (zhǎngbèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
长辈 (zhǎngbèi) means “elder” or “older generation”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhǎngbèi: zhǎng with a 3rd tone, then bèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 长辈 is written 長輩. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhangbei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 长辈 from the suggestions. Typing zhangbei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
长辈 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
长zhǎng3rd tone, dipping
辈bèi4th tone, falling
