长辈 zhǎngbèi in a sentence
Older generation (elders - adults)
长辈 (zhǎngbèi) means Older generation (elders - adults). Below are 5 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
对 长辈 要有礼貌。
Duì zhǎngbèi yào yǒu lǐmào.
You should be polite to your elders.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 长辈
过节时要去看望 长辈 。
Guò jié shí yào qù kànwàng zhǎngbèi.
At festivals you visit your elders.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 长辈
跟 长辈 说话要注意礼貌。
Gēn zhǎngbèi shuō huà yào zhùyì lǐmào.
Be polite when speaking with your elders.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 礼貌
长辈 们说了不少吉祥话。
Zhǎngbèimen shuō le bù shǎo jíxiáng huà.
The elders said plenty of auspicious words.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吉祥
过年时 长辈 会给孩子压岁钱。
Guònián shí zhǎngbèi huì gěi háizi yāsuìqián.
At new year the elders give children lucky money.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 压岁钱
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Questions about 长辈
How is 长辈 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 长辈 (zhǎngbèi, "Older generation (elders - adults)"), 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 长辈 an HSK word?
Yes — 长辈 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 长辈 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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