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背

bèi/bēi

the back of a body or object; to turn one's back

Variant forms 揹
HSK 3.0 · Level 2 HSK 2.0 · Level 5 verbnoun Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

1 form
  1. Small sealQin–Han

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Meaning

bèi as in 背后 bei4
  1. the back of a body or object
  2. to turn one's back
  3. to hide something from
  4. to learn by heart
  5. to recite from memory
  6. unlucky (slang)
  7. hard of hearing
bēi as in 背包 bei1
  1. to be burdened
  2. to carry on the back or shoulder

How often each reading is used

45 uses in 44 example sentences on this site

Example sentences

HSK words with 背

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