- 一辈子 yībèizi lifetimeall one's life; for one's whole life; also used to describe a long period of time up to the present
- 半辈子 bànbèizi half a lifetimehalf of a lifetime; refers to the period either before or after middle age, or a very long period of one's life
- 下辈子 xiàbèizi next lifethe next life or future reincarnation
- 上辈子 shàngbèizi previous lifea former incarnation; one's past life
- 八辈子 bābèizi a long timea very long time; many generations; (figurative) a lifetime
- 老辈子 lǎobèizi older generationolder generation or ancestors; forefathers
- 三辈子 sānbèizi three generationsa period of time spanning three generations, often used to refer to one's ancestors or descendants
- 下半辈子 xiàbànbèizi second half of one's lifethe remaining years of a person's life; one's later years
- 这辈子 zhèbèizi this lifeone's entire life; the current lifetime
- 大半辈子 dàbànbèizi most of one's lifethe greater part of a lifetime; most of one's years
- 老八辈子 lǎobābèizi ages agoreferring to a time in the very distant past