八輩子

Chinese

		eight	all one's life; lifetime
trad. (八輩子)		八	輩子
simp. (八辈子)		八	辈子
Literally: “eight generations”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bābèizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bābèizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: babèizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-pei⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bā-bèi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: babey.tzy
    • Palladius: бабэйцзы (babɛjczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 八輩子

1. (figurative, colloquial) a long time