辈
bèi
lifetime
generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
not (非) + vehicle (车) = generations rolling one after another
车 grounds the meaning: carts and carriages once moved in convoys, one generation following the next. 非 mainly contributes the sound bèi; the vehicle image carries the sense of successive ranks rolling forward through time.
他是我父母那一辈的人。
tā shì wǒ fù mǔ nà yī bèi de rén。
He is a person of my parents' generation.
我们这辈人经历了很多变化。
wǒ men zhè bèi rén jīng lì le hěn duō biàn huà。
People of our generation have gone through many changes.
Words with 辈
长辈
zhǎng bèi
one's elders
后辈
hòu bèi
younger generation
鼠辈
shǔ bèi
a scoundrel
长辈图
zhǎng bèi tú
(Internet slang) boomer meme (Tw)
一辈子
yī bèi zi
(for) a lifetime
上辈
shàng bèi
ancestors
上辈子
shàng bèi zi
one's ancestors
下辈
xià bèi
offspring
下辈子
xià bèi zi
the next life
先辈
xiān bèi
an older generation
八辈子
bā bèi zi
(fig.) a long time
前辈
qián bèi
senior