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Chinese Pinyin Translation
后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth syn
后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
背面 bèi miàn n. the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn
后头 後頭 hòu tou behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
回 逥 huí v., m.w. to go back / to return / to turn back / to turn around / to reply / to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times / to curve / to revolve syn
背后 背後 bèi hòu n. behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back syn
退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions syn
后退 後退 hòu tuì v. to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat syn
后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn
反击 反擊 fǎn jī v. to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn
回电 回電 huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
退回 tuì huí v. to return (an item) / to send back / to go back syn
反悔 fǎn huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn
顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back / to answer back syn
如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn
回转 迴轉 huí zhuǎn to revolve / to rotate / to turn around / to turn back / to go back / to return / (skiing) slalom syn
义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn
背靠背 bèi kào bèi back to back
送还 送還 sòng huán to return / to give back / to send back / to repatriate syn
回眸 huí móu to glance back / to look back / retrospective syn
投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. syn
回返 huí fǎn to return / to go back / to come back syn
脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind
夺回 奪回 duó huí to take back (forcibly) / to recapture / to win back syn
转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back / to put back / reversal / melodic inversion (in music) syn
逡巡 qūn xún to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant
回弹 回彈 huí tán (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back
背对背 背對背 bèi duì bèi back to back
背 bèi n., v., adj. 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
归 歸 guī v., prep. to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor syn
负 負 fù v., adj. to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) syn
开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn
翻悔 fān huǐ to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise) syn
的 de part. of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
还 還 huán v. to pay back / to return syn
不过 不過 bù guò conj., adv. only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn
回来 回來 huí lai v. to return / to come back syn
却 卻 què adv. but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though syn
回去 huí qu v. to return / to go back syn
支持 zhī chí v. to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
屁股 pì gu n. buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn
保留 bǎo liú v. to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn
回报 回報 huí bào v. (in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate syn
支援 zhī yuán v. to provide assistance / to support / to back syn
收回 shōu huí to regain / to retake / to take back / to withdraw / to revoke syn
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out / to turn back syn
后 後 hòu n. back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn
回顾 回顧 huí gù v. to look back / to review syn
返回 fǎn huí v. to return to / to come (or go) back syn
复活 復活 fù huó v. to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn
当年 當年 dāng nián n. in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn
来电 來電 lái diàn v., n. incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in / to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
后台 後臺 hòu tái n. backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background syn
回想 huí xiǎng v. to recall / to recollect / to think back syn
后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn
前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
回避 迴避 huí bì v. to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) syn
来回 來回 lái huí v., n., adv. to make a round trip / return journey / back and forth / to and fro / repeatedly syn
后座 後座 hòu zuò back seat / pillion
退缩 退縮 tuì suō v. to shrink back / to cower syn
后援 後援 hòu yuán reinforcement / back-up / supporting force syn
归来 歸來 guī lái v. to return / to come back syn
颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo v. to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn
徘徊 pái huái v. to pace back and forth / to dither / to hesitate / (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate syn
背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) syn
还击 還擊 huán jī to hit back / to return fire syn
了如指掌 瞭如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out syn
穿梭 chuān suō v. to travel back and forth / to shuttle syn
回信 huí xìn v., n. to reply / to write back / letter written in reply / CL:封[feng1] syn
挫折 cuò zhé v. setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue syn
救活 jiù huó to bring back to life syn
收缩 收縮 shōu suō v. to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole syn
反馈 反饋 fǎn kuì v. to send back information / feedback syn
摆弄 擺弄 bǎi nòng to move back and forth / to fiddle with syn
追溯 zhuī sù v. lit. to go upstream / to trace sth back to / to date from syn
往来 往來 wǎng lái v. dealings / contacts / to go back and forth syn
背负 背負 bēi fù v. to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder syn
抵挡 抵擋 dǐ dǎng v. to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand syn
归队 歸隊 guī duì to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life
逆转 逆轉 nì zhuǎn to turn back / to reverse syn
摆动 擺動 bǎi dòng v. to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate syn
后排 後排 hòu pái the back row (in a theater etc) / the rear seats (in a vehicle)
复生 復生 fù shēng to be reborn / to recover / to come back to life / to regenerate syn
腰部 yāo bù waist / small of the back syn
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back
后脑勺 後腦勺 hòu nǎo sháo back of the head syn
倒退 dào tuì v. to fall back / to go in reverse syn
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
交还 交還 jiāo huán to return sth / to hand back
船尾 chuán wěi back end of a ship / aft
复出 復出 fù chū to come back out of retirement / to get involved again after having withdrawn syn
还手 還手 huán shǒu to hit back / to retaliate syn
回首 huí shǒu v. to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past syn
卷土重来 卷土重來 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback syn
击退 擊退 jī tuì to beat back / to repel syn
回击 回擊 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack syn
往返 wǎng fǎn v. to go back and forth / to go to and fro / to do a round trip syn
招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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