背 bèi

1. bèi noun back [of the body]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' 1, p. 13; Unihan '背')
2. bèi noun back side
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' 2, p. 13; Unihan '背')
3. bèi noun north side
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' 3, p. 13)
4. bèi verb turn one's back on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bwojH 1, p. 13)
5. bèi verb depart from
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bwojH ab, p. 13)
6. bèi verb recite from memory
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bwojH 2, p. 13)
7. bēi verb carry on the back
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bēi 1, p. 13)
8. bèi adjective behind; secret
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' 4, p. 13; Unihan '背')
9. bèi verb to betray
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bwojH 1a, p. 13; Unihan '背')

Contained in

• 挨肩擦背 crowded together
• 脚背(腳背) instep (upper surface of the foot)
• 汗流浃背(汗流浹背) to sweat profusely ; drenched in sweat
• 栗背短脚鹎(栗背短腳鵯) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
• 栗背岩鹨(栗背岩鷚) maroon-backed accentor (Prunella immaculata)
• 紫背苇鳽(紫背葦鳽) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)
• 背斜 anticline
• 红背伯劳(紅背伯勞) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
• 背水一战(背水一戰) fight with one's back to the river; to fight to win or die
• 背心 a sleeveless garment
• 龟背竹(龜背竹) split-leaf philodendron; Monstera deliciosa
• 绿背姬鹟(綠背姬鶲) green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)
• 背影杀手(背影殺手) somebody who looks stunning from behind; somebody who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face
• 苍背山雀(蒼背山雀) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)
• 帆背潜鸭(帆背潛鴨) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
• 手心手背都是肉 both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh; to both be of equal importance
• 背道而驰(背道而馳) galloping in the wrong direction; running counter to
• 背离(背離) to depart from; to deviate from; deviation
• 背榜 to score last in an examination
• 背地里(背地裡) behind somebody's back
• 驼背(駝背) hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback
• 背地风(背地風) behind somebody's back; privately; on the sly
• 背带裤(背帶褲) overalls
• 灰背隼 merlin (Falco columbarius)
• 绿背林鹟(綠背林鶲) fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Rhinomyias olivacea)
• 背阔肌(背闊肌) latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)
• 背城借一 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall; to fight to the last ditch
• 黑背燕尾 black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
• 背偻 a hunchback
• 背包游(背包遊) backpacking
• 背逆 to violate; to go against
• 前胸贴后背(前胸貼後背) chest sticking to back; famished; (of several persons) packed chest to back
• 扼喉抚背(扼喉撫背) to strangle the front and press the back; to occupy all key points
• 灰背鸫(灰背鶇) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
• 背运(背運) bad luck; unlucky
• 椅背 the back of a chair
• 背字 bad luck
• 熊腰虎背 waist of a bear and back of a tiger; tough and stocky build
• 背井离乡(背井離鄉) to leave one's native place, especially against one's will
• 点背(點背) to be out of luck
• 背气(背氣) to stop breathing (as a medical condition); to pass out (in anger); to have a stroke
• 背鳍(背鰭) dorsal fin
• 红背红尾鸲(紅背紅尾鴝) rufous-backed redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)
• 斑背燕尾 spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
• 靠背椅 high-back chair
• 搭背 harness pad (on draught animal)
• 棕背田鸡(棕背田雞) black-tailed crake (Porzana bicolor)
• 斑背大尾莺(斑背大尾鶯) marsh grassbird (Locustella pryeri)
• 棕背雪雀 Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)

Also contained in

背杀 、 仑背

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷21　志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 34
• 卷三十二 志第八 曆二 Volume 32 Treatises 8: Calendar 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
• 卷105之一 天象志一之一 Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 20
• 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 14
• 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 14
• 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
• 卷三十四 韓彭英盧吳傳 Volume 34: Han, Peng, Ying, Lu and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 11
• 卷四十一　志第二十二:　儀衞上 常朝儀衛內外立仗、常行儀衛行仗 法駕黃麾仗 Volume 41 Treatises 22: Ceremonial Guards 1 - Inner and Outer Armed Guards of Honor in Regular Court Assemblies; Marching Armed Guards; Armed Imperial Command Carriage History of Jin 金史 — count: 11
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 10

Collocations

• 背盟 (背盟) 背盟而欺大國 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
• 背法 (背法) 非背法專制無以為威 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 南面第十八 Chapter 18: Facing South — count: 5
• 右背 (右背) 而右背高 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 3
• 背憎 (背憎) 噂沓背憎 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 3
• 沓背 (沓背) 噂沓背憎 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 3
• 今背 (今背) 今背殯而出會 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 背师 (背師) 既往背師保之訓 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲中 Shang Shu - Tai Jia II — count: 2
• 背阳 (背陽) 西南為背陽之維 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 2
• 肩背 (肩背) 而失其肩背 — Mencius 孟子, 告子上 Gaozi I — count: 2
• 背乡 (背鄉) 背鄉左右之便 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 2