| 1 | 一辈子 | 一輩子 | yī bèi zi | yi1 bei4 zi5 | (for) a lifetime | | |
| 2 | 老一辈 | 老一輩 | lǎo yī bèi | lao3 yi1 bei4 | previous generation; older generation | | |
| 3 | 辈 | 輩 | bèi | bei4 | lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people | | |
| 4 | 长辈 | 長輩 | zhǎng bèi | zhang3 bei4 | one's elders; older generation | | |
| 5 | 前辈 | 前輩 | qián bèi | qian2 bei4 | senior; older generation; precursor | | |
| 6 | 父执辈 | 父執輩 | fù zhí bèi | fu4 zhi2 bei4 | person of one's father's generation | | |
| 7 | 人才辈出 | 人才輩出 | rén cái bèi chū | ren2 cai2 bei4 chu1 | no lack of talented persons (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 平庸之辈 | 平庸之輩 | píng yōng zhī bèi | ping2 yong1 zhi1 bei4 | a nobody; a nonentity | | |
| 9 | 年尊辈长 | 年尊輩長 | nián zūn bèi zhǎng | nian2 zun1 bei4 zhang3 | senior in age and generation | | |
| 10 | 论资排辈 | 論資排輩 | lùn zī pái bèi | lun4 zi1 pai2 bei4 | to assign jobs by seniority and qualifications (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 流辈 | 流輩 | liú bèi | liu2 bei4 | a contemporary; similar class of people | | |
| 12 | 老辈 | 老輩 | lǎo bèi | lao3 bei4 | the older generation; ancestors | | |
| 13 | 祖祖辈辈 | 祖祖輩輩 | zǔ zǔ bèi bèi | zu3 zu3 bei4 bei4 | for generations; from generation to generation | | |
| 14 | 行辈 | 行輩 | háng bèi | hang2 bei4 | generation and age ranking; seniority | | |
| 15 | 按资排辈 | 按資排輩 | àn zī pái bèi | an4 zi1 pai2 bei4 | to promote according to seniority (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 父辈 | 父輩 | fù bèi | fu4 bei4 | people of one's parents' generation | | |
| 17 | 等闲之辈 | 等閒之輩 | děng xián zhī bèi | deng3 xian2 zhi1 bei4 | (in the negative) (not) to be trifled with | | |
| 18 | 陈年百辈 | 陳年百輩 | chén nián bǎi bèi | chen2 nian2 bai3 bei4 | antiquated; outmoded (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 辈子 | 輩子 | bèi zi | bei4 zi5 | all one's life; lifetime | | |
| 20 | 辈儿 | 輩兒 | bèi r | bei4 r5 | generation | | |
| 21 | 辈分 | 輩分 | bèi fèn | bei4 fen4 | seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy | | |
| 22 | 辈出 | 輩出 | bèi chū | bei4 chu1 | to come forth in large numbers | | |
| 23 | 半辈子 | 半輩子 | bàn bèi zi | ban4 bei4 zi5 | half of a lifetime | | |
| 24 | 班辈儿 | 班輩兒 | bān bèi r | ban1 bei4 r5 | seniority in the family; pecking order | | |
| 25 | 班辈 | 班輩 | bān bèi | ban1 bei4 | seniority in the family; pecking order | | |