一辈子 (yībèizi) means A lifetime (for a lifetime). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这件事我会记 一辈子 。
Zhè jiàn shì wǒ huì jì yíbèizi.
I will remember this for a lifetime.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 一辈子
他在这个城市住了 一辈子 。
Tā zài zhège chéngshì zhù le yíbèizi.
He has lived in this city all his life.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 一辈子
母亲为这个家操劳了 一辈子 。
Mǔqīn wèi zhège jiā cāoláo le yíbèizi.
Mother toiled for this family all her life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操劳
这门学问博大精深， 一辈子 也学不完。
Zhè mén xuéwen bódàjīngshēn, yíbèizi yě xué bu wán.
This field is so vast and deep that a lifetime is not enough to master it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 博大精深
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Questions about 一辈子
How is 一辈子 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 一辈子 (yībèizi, "A lifetime (for a lifetime)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 一辈子 an HSK word?
Yes — 一辈子 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 一辈子 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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