| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 世 | 世 | shì | - life - age - generation - era - world - lifetime - epoch - descendant - noble |
| 代 | 代 | dài | - to substitute - to act on behalf of others - to replace - generation - dynasty - age - period - (historical) era - (geological) eon |
| 曹 | 曹 | cáo | - class or grade - generation - plaintiff and defendant (old) - government department (old) |
| 辈 | 輩 | bèi | - contemporaries - generation - lifetime |
| 一世 | 一世 | yīshì | - generation - period of 30 years - one's whole lifetime - lifelong - age - era - times - the whole world - the First (of numbered European kings) |
| 一代 | 一代 | yīdài | - generation |
| 世代 | 世代 | shìdài | - for many generations - generation - era - age |
| 产生 | 產生 | chǎnshēng | - to arise - to come into being - to come about - to give rise to - to bring into being - to bring about - to produce - to engender - to generate - to appear - appearance - emergence - generation - production - yield |
| 辈儿 | 輩兒 | bèir | - generation |
| 尊 | 尊 | zūn | - senior - of a senior generation - to honor - to respect - honorific - classifier for cannons and statues - ancient wine vessel |
| 贤 | 賢 | xián | - worthy or virtuous person - honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation |
| 上代 | 上代 | shàngdài | - previous generation |
| 下世 | 下世 | xiàshì | - to die - future incarnation - next life - to be born - to come into the world - future generation |
| 代代 | 代代 | dàidài | - from generation to generation - generation after generation |
| 代沟 | 代溝 | dàigōu | - generation gap |
| 传代 | 傳代 | chuándài | - to pass to the next generation |
| 前辈 | 前輩 | qiánbèi | - senior - older generation - precursor |
| 子代 | 子代 | zǐdài | - offspring - child's generation |
| 子弟 | 子弟 | zǐdì | - child - the younger generation |
| 平辈 | 平輩 | píngbèi | - of the same generation |
| 后人 | 後人 | hòurén | - later generation |
| 后生 | 後生 | hòushēng | - young generation - youth - young man |
| 后辈 | 後輩 | hòubèi | - younger generation |
| 后进 | 後進 | hòujìn | - less advanced - underdeveloped - lagging behind - the younger generation - the less experienced ones |
| 换代 | 換代 | huàndài | - change of dynasties - to pass on to the next generation - new product (in advertising) |
| 故家 | 故家 | gùjiā | - old and respected family - family whose members have been officials from generation to generation |
| 晚辈 | 晚輩 | wǎnbèi | - the younger generation - those who come after |
| 旷代 | 曠代 | kuàngdài | - unrivalled - without peer in this generation |
| 末代 | 末代 | mòdài | - final generation |
| 业障 | 業障 | yèzhàng | - retribution (for sins of a previous incarnation) - evil creature (preventing a Buddhist monk from progressing to enlightenment) - vile spawn - filthy lucre (i.e. money) - fig. term of abuse for younger generation |
| 父辈 | 父輩 | fùbèi | - people of one's parents' generation |
| 发想 | 發想 | fāxiǎng | - to come up with an idea - generation of ideas - inspiration |
| 祖传 | 祖傳 | zǔchuán | - passed on from ancestors - handed down from generation to generation |
| 绝代 | 絕代 | juédài | - peerless - unmatched in his generation - incomparable (talent, beauty) |
| 行辈 | 行輩 | hángbèi | - generation and age ranking - seniority |
| 亲代 | 親代 | qīndài | - parent's generation - previous generation |
| 长辈 | 長輩 | zhǎngbèi | - one's elders - older generation |
| 隔世 | 隔世 | géshì | - separated by a generation - a lifetime ago |
| 下一代 | 下一代 | xiàyīdài | - the next generation |
| 九零后 | 九零後 | jiǔlínghòu | - 90s generation |
| 新一代 | 新一代 | xīnyīdài | - new generation |
| 核发电 | 核發電 | héfādiàn | - nuclear power generation |
| 父执辈 | 父執輩 | fùzhíbèi | - person of one's father's generation |
| 祖父辈 | 祖父輩 | zǔfùbèi | - people of one's grandparents' generation |
| 老一辈 | 老一輩 | lǎoyībèi | - previous generation - older generation |
| 银丝族 | 銀絲族 | yínsīzú | - the older generation (respectful term) - old folk - silver haired generation |
| 五七一代 | 五七一代 | wǔqīyīdài | - generation of 1957 - refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957 |
| 千禧一代 | 千禧一代 | QiānxǐYīdài | - Generation Y - Millennial Generation |
| 后来居上 | 後來居上 | hòuláijūshàng | - lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation - the pupil surpasses the master |
| 后起之秀 | 後起之秀 | hòuqǐzhīxiù | - an up-and coming youngster - new talent - a brilliant younger generation |
| 恍如隔世 | 恍如隔世 | huǎngrúgéshì | - like a thing of the previous generation - as if it were a lifetime ago |
| 满门抄斩 | 滿門抄斬 | mǎnménchāozhǎn | - to execute the whole family unto the third generation |
| 祖祖辈辈 | 祖祖輩輩 | zǔzǔbèibèi | - for generations - from generation to generation |
| 一代不如一代 | 一代不如一代 | yīdàibùrúyīdài | - to be getting worse with each generation |
| 上有老下有小 | 上有老下有小 | shàngyǒulǎoxiàyǒuxiǎo | - lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) - fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children - sandwich generation |
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