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

• 白背兀鹫(白背兀鷲) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
• 背信弃义(背信棄義) breaking faith and abandoning right; to betray; treachery; perfidy
• 靠背椅 high-back chair
• 背包客 backpacker
• 背靠背 back-to-back
• 背阴(背陰) in the shade; shady
• 灰背鸫(灰背鶇) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
• 历史背景(歷史背景) historical background
• 背袋 a sack carried over the shoulder
• 熊腰虎背 waist of a bear and back of a tiger; tough and stocky build
• 棕背伯劳(棕背伯勞) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
• 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
• 蓝背八色鸫(藍背八色鶇) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
• 灰背伯劳(灰背伯勞) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
• 背运(背運) bad luck; unlucky
• 背地 secretly; in private; behind someone's back
• 敲中背 to receive oral sex from a prostitute
• 背景虚化(背景虛化) background blurring
• 笞背 to flog or whip the back
• 背心 a sleeveless garment
• 白背啄木鸟(白背啄木鳥) white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
• 灰背椋鸟(灰背椋鳥) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
• 背负(背負) to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder
• 背光 backlight
• 虎背熊腰 back of a tiger and waist of a bear; tough and stocky build
• 斑背噪鹛(斑背噪鶥) barred laughing thrush (Garrulax lunulatus)
• 露背 halterneck; backless (garment)
• 纹背捕蛛鸟(紋背捕蛛鳥) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
• 背包袱 to have a weight on one's mind; to take on a mental burden
• 背屏 a backscreen
• 背叛 to betray; to forsake; to rebel
• 离乡背井(離鄉背井) to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
• 暗背雨燕 dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
• 棕背雪雀 Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
• 背道 a secluded road ; to go in the opposite direction
• 背字 bad luck
• 背带(背帶) braces; suspenders; sling (for a rifle); straps (for a knapsack)
• 教育背景 educational background
• 捐背 to die
• 掀背车(掀背車) hatchback
• 背倚 to have one's back against; to lean against; to be backed up by (a mountain etc)
• 白背矶鸫(白背磯鶇) common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
• 背包 backpack; knapsack; rucksack; infantry pack; field pack; blanket roll
• 灰背燕尾 slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
• 芒刺在背 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back; uneasy and nervous; to be on pins and needles
• 垫背(墊背) to serve as a sacrificial victim; to suffer for somebody else; scapegoat
• 红背蜘蛛(紅背蜘蛛) redback spider
• 褐背地山雀 ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis)

Also contained in

断背山 、 背杀 、 背后骂皇上

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
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 14
• 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
• 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
• 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 背秦 (背秦) 已又背秦 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 存韓第二 Chapter 2: The Preservation of State of Han — count: 2
• 背柯 (背柯) 言公之不背柯陵之盟也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
• 背施 (背施) 背施無親 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 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
• 欲背 (欲背) 子姑憂子皙之欲背誕也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2