# 一辈子 (yībèizi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一辈子 (yībèizi) means “(for) a lifetime”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (for) a lifetime
- Pinyin: yībèizi (yi1 bei4 zi5)
- Traditional: 一輩子
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他们答应一辈子都在一起。
  Tāmen dāying yībèizi dōu zài yīqǐ.
  They promised to stay together for a lifetime.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [辈](https://hanziro.com/word/bei-generation/) (bèi): generation; lifetime
- [子](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-noun-suffix/) (zi): (suffix) noun suffix; child

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-bei-zi-lifetime/

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