背 bèi
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bèi
noun
back [of the body]
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' 1, p. 13; Unihan '背') -
bèi
noun
back side
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' 2, p. 13; Unihan '背') -
bèi
noun
north side
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' 3, p. 13) -
bèi
verb
turn one's back on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bwojH 1, p. 13) -
bèi
verb
depart from
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bwojH ab, p. 13) -
bèi
verb
recite from memory
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bwojH 2, p. 13) -
bēi
verb
carry on the back
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bēi 1, p. 13) -
bèi
adjective
behind; secret
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' 4, p. 13; Unihan '背') -
bèi
verb
to betray
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '背' bwojH 1a, p. 13; Unihan '背')
Contained in
- 背道而驰(背道而馳) galloping in the wrong direction; running counter to
- 黑背信天翁 Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
- 背弃(背棄) abandon; desert; renounce
- 裱背 to mount a picture
- 绿背林鹟(綠背林鶲) fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Rhinomyias olivacea)
- 背斜 anticline
- 朱背啄花鸟(朱背啄花鳥) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- 背锅(背鍋) to carry the can; to be a scapegoat
- 背气(背氣) to stop breathing (as a medical condition); to pass out (in anger); to have a stroke
- 背诵(背誦) to recite; to repeat from memory
- 背景虚化(背景虛化) background blurring
- 露背 halterneck; backless (garment)
- 背书(背書) to repeat a lesson; to learn by heart ; to to endorse a check
- 点背(點背) to be out of luck
- 背篓(背簍) a basket carried on the back
- 背囊 backpack; knapsack; rucksack
- 背叛 to betray; to forsake; to rebel
- 椅背 the back of a chair
- 背债(揹債) to be in debt; to be saddled with debts
- 牛背鹭(牛背鷺) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
- 斑背大尾莺(斑背大尾鶯) marsh grassbird (Locustella pryeri)
- 背信 to break faith
- 背影儿(背影兒) figure seen from behind
- 黑背燕尾 black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
- 脊背 back
- 褐背地山雀 ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis)
- 违信背约(違信背約) in violation of contract and good faith
- 违背(違背) to violate; to be contrary to
- 背夹电池(背夾電池) battery case (for a phone)
- 灰背燕尾 slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
- 龟背竹(龜背竹) split-leaf philodendron; Monstera deliciosa
- 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
- 红背蜘蛛(紅背蜘蛛) redback spider
- 耳背 to be hearing impaired
- 腹背相亲(腹背相親) to be on intimate terms with sb
- 挨肩擦背 crowded together
- 背包游(背包遊) backpacking
- 红背伯劳(紅背伯勞) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
- 背转(背轉) to turn away; to turn one's back to; (gymnastics etc) backspin
- 栗背短脚鹎(栗背短腳鵯) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
- 捐背 to die
- 暗绿背鸬鹚(暗綠背鸕鶿) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
- 汗流浃背(汗流浹背) to sweat profusely ; drenched in sweat
- 死记硬背(死記硬背) to learn by rote; to mechanically memorize
- 驼背(駝背) hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback
- 手背 back of the hand
- 斑背燕尾 spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
- 相背 back-to-back
- 灰背鸫(灰背鶇) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
- 鳌背负山(鰲背負山) debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 剖背 (剖背) 使傴以天性剖背 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 安危第二十五 Chapter 25: Safety and Peril — count: 2
- 背城邑 (背城邑) 背城邑多者 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — 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
- 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
- 背死 (背死) 必不背死君而事其讎 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難二第三十七 Chapter 37: Difficulties II — count: 2