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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
bēi - to be burdened
- to carry on the back or shoulder
bèi - the back of a body or object
- to turn one's back
- to hide something from
- to learn by heart
- to recite from memory
- (slang) unlucky
- hard of hearing
bēi - variant of 背[bei1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 2 1,395 1,853 1,241

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Flesh

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 2 1,395 1,853 1,241
背叛 6 7 1,754 8,287 4,325
背后 - 3 2,171 2,529 1,924
背景 5 4 2,781 2,062 2,797
违背 6 7 5,029 7,694 11,530
背包 - 5 5,761 10,796 6,055
后背 - - 6,278 13,769 10,214
背部 - - 8,713 10,467 8,645
背面 - 7 9,077 11,818 10,349
背心 - 6 9,478 10,739 5,760
背负 - - 10,635 15,881 11,466
背着 - 6 11,775 8,214 6,550
背弃 - - 13,383 36,916 22,466
背黑锅 - - 13,845 63,594 36,886
驼背 - - 15,424 33,707 25,887
背诵 6 9 16,538 22,537 19,945
背地里 - - 18,912 42,942 28,765
背道而驰 - - 19,481 26,264 27,235
手背 - - 20,191 21,858 16,382
马背 - - 21,274 - -
背信弃义 - - 21,477 56,967 52,543
背离 - - 21,613 14,590 20,235
背影 - - 23,149 8,080 4,178
汗流浃背 - - 24,503 39,794 34,383
背井离乡 - - 25,958 44,280 36,190
脊背 - - 27,069 40,958 35,850
背带 - - 28,549 35,184 16,942
背运 - - 31,616 89,238 73,766
椅背 - - 32,327 35,192 25,770
背脊 - - 33,949 40,771 32,979
耳背 - - 34,286 77,101 50,058
背水一战 - - 35,223 39,101 47,402
背靠背 - - 35,407 35,759 26,514
背光 - - 36,254 29,574 32,358
背书 - - 39,744 25,765 11,421
芒刺在背 - - 42,551 - 102,931
捶背 - - 49,251 69,809 39,421
腹背受敌 - - 51,292 67,930 75,289
背囊 - - 51,888 64,976 48,227
脚背 - - 55,083 40,539 38,656
背鳍 - - 57,469 97,100 84,632
离乡背井 - - 57,992 85,524 74,538
刀背 - - 62,973 67,168 60,435
勾肩搭背 - - 66,841 - -
死记硬背 - - 90,869 46,247 43,513
背时 - - 95,352 66,007 33,062
背包袱 - - 96,275 - -
靠背椅 - - 98,829 - -