贝
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
bèi bei4
- cowrie
- shellfish
- currency (archaic)
- surname Bei
Example sentences
- I picked up a pretty shell at the seaside.
- She sells seashells by the seashore.
HSK words with 贝
More words with 贝
- 贝斯 bèisī (loanword) bass (esp. bass guitar)
- 天贝 tiānbèi (loanword) tempeh
- 贝克 bèikè becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 贝克勒尔 (bèi kè lè ěr))
- 分贝 fēnbèi decibel
- 贝多 bèiduō pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
- 干贝 gānbèi conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
- 贝塔 bèitǎ beta (Greek letter Β, β)
- 贝果 bèiguǒ (loanword) bagel
- 贝母 bèimǔ the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)
- 贝司 bèisī (music) (loanword) bass