背
背
bèi
the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart
HSK 2verb
Character Breakdown
Radical: 肉 (no. 130)
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- (verb) 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
Example Sentences
孩子背着沉重的书包去学校，看起来很吃力。
Háizi bēi zhe chénzhòng de shūbāo qù xuéxiào, kàn qǐlai hěn chīlì
The child carries a heavy school bag to school, looking very strained
Words Containing 背
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 后背 | hòu bèi | the back (human anatomy) | HSK 5 |
| 刀背 | dāo bèi | back of the knife | |
| 向背 | xiàng bèi | to support or oppose | |
| 垫背 | diàn bèi | to serve as a sacrificial victim | |
| 仑背 | Lún bèi | Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan | |
| 弓背 | gōng bèi | to hunch over | |
| 手背 | shǒu bèi | back of the hand | |
| 倒背手 | dào bèi shǒu | with one's hands behind one's back | |
| 仑背乡 | Lún bèi xiāng | Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan | |
| 倒背如流 | dào bèi rú liú | to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) |
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Related Words
五花大绑(wǔ huā dà bǎng)· to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck
→倒行逆施(dào xíng nì shī)· to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
→反手(fǎn shǒu)· to turn a hand over
→反裘负刍(fǎn qiú fù chú)· lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom)
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