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"背" Chinese-English Dictionary

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背 bēi
Radical
肉 (6 traits)
Number of strokes
9
Structure
haut et bas
HSK
HSK 5
Cangjie
LPB 中心月
Sijiao
1122.7
Wubi
UXEF
GB 2312
B1B3
Big5
AD49
Unicode
U+80CC

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese Pinyin Translation
背 bēi to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder syn
背 bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
背景 bèi jǐng background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
背后 背後 bèi hòu behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back syn
背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn
背叛 bèi pàn to betray syn
背包 bēi bāo knapsack / rucksack / infantry pack / field pack / blanket roll / CL:個|个[ge4]
背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) syn
背面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn
背心 bèi xīn sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL:件[jian4] syn
背负 背負 bēi fù to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder syn
背诵 背誦 bèi sòng to recite / to repeat from memory syn
背光 bèi guāng to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light syn
背离 背離 bèi lí to depart from / to deviate from / deviation syn
背脊 bèi jǐ the back of the human body syn
背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn
背弃 背棄 bèi qì to abandon / to desert / to renounce syn
背板 bèi bǎn panel / back panel
背带 背帶 bēi dài braces / suspenders / sling (for a rifle) / straps (for a knapsack)
背囊 bèi náng backpack / knapsack / rucksack
背信 bèi xìn to break faith
背鳍 背鰭 bèi qí dorsal fin syn
背篓 背簍 bēi lǒu a basket carried on the back syn
背地 bèi dì secretly / in private / behind someone's back
背时 背時 bèi shí outdated / out of luck syn
背运 背運 bèi yùn bad luck / unlucky syn
背袋 bèi dài carry bag
背阴 背陰 bèi yīn in the shade / shady syn
背斜 bèi xié anticline (geology)
背约 背約 bèi yuē to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise
背榜 bēi bǎng to score last in an examination
背侧 背側 bèi cè back / back side
背称 背稱 bèi chēng term used to refer to a person who is not present (e.g. 小姨子[xiao3 yi2 zi5]) (contrasted with 面稱|面称[mian4 cheng1])
背刺 bèi cì to backstab
背德 bèi dé immoral / unethical
背调 背調 bèi diào background check (abbr. for 背景調查|背景调查[bei4 jing3 diao4 cha2]) / to conduct a background check
背对 背對 bèi duì to have one's back towards
背骨 bèi gǔ spine
背锅 背鍋 bēi guō (slang) (neologism derived from 背黑鍋|背黑锅[bei1 hei1 guo1]) to carry the can / to be a scapegoat
背谬 背謬 bèi miù variant of 悖謬|悖谬[bei4 miu4] syn
背逆 bēi nì to violate / to go against
背逆 bèi nì to violate / to go against
背气 背氣 bèi qì to stop breathing (as a medical condition) / (fig.) to pass out (in anger) / to have a stroke
背杀 背殺 bèi shā (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. for 背影殺手|背影杀手[bei4 ying3 sha1 shou3]
背山 bèi shān with back to the mountain (favored location)
背头 背頭 bēi tóu swept-back hairstyle
背倚 bèi yǐ to have one's back against / to lean against / to be backed up by (a mountain etc)
背债 揹債 bēi zhài to be in debt / to be saddled with debts syn
背着 背著 bēi zhe carrying on one's back syn
背着 背著 bèi zhe turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back syn
背转 背轉 bèi zhuǎn to turn away / to turn one's back to / (gymnastics etc) backspin
背字 bèi zì bad luck
Chinese Pinyin Translation
违背 違背 wéi bèi to go against / to be contrary to / to violate syn
后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn
手背 shǒu bèi back of the hand
马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
椅背 yǐ bèi the back of a chair
脊背 jǐ bèi back (of a human or other vertebrate) syn
驼背 駝背 tuó bèi hunchbacked / stooping / hunchback syn
露背 lòu bèi (of a garment) backless / halterneck
相背 xiāng bèi contrary / opposite
脚背 腳背 jiǎo bèi instep (upper surface of the foot) syn
刀背 dāo bèi back of the knife
垫背 墊背 diàn bèi to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate
向背 xiàng bèi to support or oppose
颈背 頸背 jǐng bèi nape
耳背 ěr bèi to be hearing impaired syn
弓背 gōng bèi to hunch over / to stoop / to arch one's back (upward)
黑背 hēi bèi German shepherd
捶背 chuí bèi to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists
裱背 biǎo bèi to mount a picture / also written 裱褙[biao3 bei4]
笞背 chī bèi to flog or whip the back
搭背 dā bèi harness pad (on draft animal)
点背 點背 diǎn bèi (dialect) to be out of luck
断背 斷背 duàn bèi homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
见背 見背 jiàn bēi (formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away
见背 見背 jiàn bèi (formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away
捐背 juān bèi to die
仑背 崙背 lún bèi Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
敲背 qiāo bèi back-knocking massage
去背 qù bèi (Tw) to remove the background from an image
死背 sǐ bèi to learn by rote

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