Dictionary - results for 背

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
背	揹	bēi	- variant of 背[bei1]
背	背	bēi	- to be burdened - to carry on the back or shoulder
背	背	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 - unlucky (slang) - hard of hearing
刀背	刀背	dāobèi	- back of the knife
向背	向背	xiàngbèi	- to support or oppose
垫背	墊背	diànbèi	- funerary mat - fig. to serve as scape-goat - to act as fall guy for sb else's misdemeanors
仑背	崙背	Lúnbèi	- Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣\|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
后背	後背	hòubèi	- the back (human anatomy) - the back part of sth
手背	手背	shǒubèi	- back of the hand
捐背	捐背	juānbèi	- to die
捶背	捶背	chuíbèi	- to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists
背债	揹債	bēizhài	- to be in debt - to be saddled with debts
搭背	搭背	dābèi	- harness pad (on draught animal)
敲背	敲背	qiāobèi	- back-knocking massage
断背	斷背	duànbèi	- homosexual, cf Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain
椅背	椅背	yǐbèi	- the back of a chair
笞背	笞背	chībèi	- to flog or whip the back
耳背	耳背	ěrbèi	- to be hearing impaired
背信	背信	bèixìn	- to break faith
背倚	背倚	bèiyǐ	- to have one's back against - to lean against - to be backed up by (a mountain etc)
背侧	背側	bèicè	- back - back side
背光	背光	bèiguāng	- to be in a poor light - to do sth with one's back to the light - to stand in one's own light
背包	背包	bēibāo	- knapsack - rucksack - infantry pack - field pack - blanket roll - CL:個\|个[ge4]
背叛	背叛	bèipàn	- to betray
背囊	背囊	bèináng	- backpack - knapsack - rucksack
背地	背地	bèidì	- secretly - in private - behind someone's back
背字	背字	bèizì	- bad luck
背山	背山	bèishān	- with back to the mountain (favored location)
背带	背帶	bēidài	- braces - suspenders - sling (for a rifle) - straps (for a knapsack)
背影	背影	bèiyǐng	- rear view - figure seen from behind - view of the back (of a person or object)
背后	背後	bèihòu	- behind - at the back - in the rear - behind sb's back
背心	背心	bèixīn	- sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) - CL:件[jian4]
背斜	背斜	bèixié	- anticline (geology)
背景	背景	bèijǐng	- background - backdrop - context - CL:種\|种[zhong3]
背书	背書	bèishū	- to repeat a lesson - to learn by heart - to endorse a check
背板	背板	bèibǎn	- panel - back panel
背弃	背棄	bèiqì	- abandon - desert - renounce
背榜	背榜	bēibǎng	- to score last in an examination
背篓	背簍	bēilǒu	- a basket carried on the back
背约	背約	bèiyuē	- to break an agreement - to go back on one's word - to fail to keep one's promise
背脊	背脊	bèijǐ	- the back of the human body
背诵	背誦	bèisòng	- to recite - to repeat from memory
背谬	背謬	bèimiù	- variant of 悖謬\|悖谬[bei4 miu4]
背负	背負	bēifù	- to bear - to carry on one's back - to shoulder
背转	背轉	bèizhuǎn	- to turn away - to turn one's back to - (gymnastics etc) backspin
背逆	背逆	bēinì	- to violate - to go against
背部	背部	bèibù	- back (rear part of the torso) - back (the area of a vertebrate animal's body on either side of the backbone) - (anatomy) dorsum
背阴	背陰	bèiyīn	- in the shade - shady
背离	背離	bèilí	- to depart from - to deviate from - deviation
背面	背面	bèimiàn	- the back - the reverse side - the wrong side
背头	背頭	bēitóu	- swept-back hairstyle
背骨	背骨	bèigǔ	- spine
背鳍	背鰭	bèiqí	- dorsal fin
脊背	脊背	jǐbèi	- back
裱背	裱背	biǎobèi	- to mount a picture - also written 裱褙[biao3 bei4]
见背	見背	jiànbēi	- to pass away (lit., of the older generation) - to be orphaned
转背	轉背	zhuǎnbèi	- to turn one's back - to turn around - fig. change in a very short time
违背	違背	wéibèi	- to violate - to be contrary to
露背	露背	lòubèi	- halterneck - backless (garment)
颈背	頸背	jǐngbèi	- nape
马背	馬背	mǎbèi	- horseback
驼背	駝背	tuóbèi	- hunchbacked - stooping - hunchback
黑背	黑背	hēibèi	- German shepherd
点背	點背	diǎnbèi	- (dialect) to be out of luck
倒背手	倒背手	dàobèishǒu	- with one's hands behind one's back
仑背乡	崙背鄉	Lúnbèixiāng	- Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣\|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
敲中背	敲中背	qiāozhōngbèi	- to receive oral sex from a prostitute
敲大背	敲大背	qiāodàbèi	- to have sex with a prostitute
敲小背	敲小背	qiāoxiǎobèi	- to be masturbated by a prostitute
断背山	斷背山	Duànbèishān	- Brokeback Mountain, film by Ang Lee
灰背隼	灰背隼	huībèisǔn	- (Chinese bird species) merlin (Falco columbarius)
灰背鸫	灰背鶇	huībèidōng	- (Chinese bird species) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
灰背鸥	灰背鷗	huībèiōu	- (Chinese bird species) slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
牛背鹭	牛背鷺	niúbèilù	- (Chinese bird species) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
背包客	背包客	bēibāokè	- backpacker
背包袱	背包袱	bēibāofú	- to have a weight on one's mind - to take on a mental burden
背包游	背包遊	bèibāoyóu	- backpacking
背叛者	背叛者	bèipànzhě	- traitor
背地里	背地裡	bèidìli	- behind sb's back
背地风	背地風	bèidìfēng	- behind sb's back - privately - on the sly
背对背	背對背	bèiduìbèi	- back to back
背影儿	背影兒	bèiyǐngr	- erhua variant of 背影[bei4 ying3]
背着手	背著手	bèizheshǒu	- with one's hands clasped behind one's back
背阔肌	背闊肌	bèikuòjī	- latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)
背靠背	背靠背	bèikàobèi	- back to back
背黑锅	背黑鍋	bēihēiguō	- to be made a scapegoat - to be unjustly blamed
走背字	走背字	zǒubèizì	- to have bad luck
靠背椅	靠背椅	kàobèiyǐ	- high-back chair
驼背鲸	駝背鯨	tuóbèijīng	- humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
点儿背	點兒背	diǎnrbèi	- (dialect) to be out of luck
点子背	點子背	diǎnzibèi	- (coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck
龟背竹	龜背竹	guībèizhú	- split-leaf philodendron - Monstera deliciosa
倒背如流	倒背如流	dàobèirúliú	- to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
倒背手儿	倒背手兒	dàobèishǒur	- erhua variant of 倒背手[dao4 bei4 shou3]
光背地鸫	光背地鶇	guāngbèidìdōng	- (Chinese bird species) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
吊带背心	吊帶背心	diàodàibèixīn	- camisole (women's garment)
帆背潜鸭	帆背潛鴨	fānbèiqiányā	- (Chinese bird species) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
弯腰驼背	彎腰駝背	wānyāotuóbèi	- slouch - stoop - poor posture
扼喉抚背	扼喉撫背	èhóufǔbèi	- to strangle and slap the back (idiom); fig. to occupy a strategic post
教育背景	教育背景	jiàoyùbèijǐng	- educational background
斑背噪鹛	斑背噪鶥	bānbèizàoméi	- (Chinese bird species) barred laughingthrush (Garrulax lunulatus)
斑背潜鸭	斑背潛鴨	bānbèiqiányā	- (Chinese bird species) greater scaup (Aythya marila)
斑背燕尾	斑背燕尾	bānbèiyànwěi	- (Chinese bird species) spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
暗背雨燕	暗背雨燕	ànbèiyǔyàn	- (Chinese bird species) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
栗背伯劳	栗背伯勞	lìbèibóláo	- (Chinese bird species) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)
栗背奇鹛	栗背奇鶥	lìbèiqíméi	- (Chinese bird species) rufous-backed sibia (Heterophasia annectans)
栗背岩鹨	栗背岩鷚	lìbèiyánliù	- (Chinese bird species) maroon-backed accentor (Prunella immaculata)
弃约背盟	棄約背盟	qìyuēbèiméng	- to abrogate an agreement - to break one's oath (idiom)
棕背伯劳	棕背伯勞	zōngbèibóláo	- (Chinese bird species) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
棕背田鸡	棕背田雞	zōngbèitiánjī	- (Chinese bird species) black-tailed crake (Porzana bicolor)
棕背雪雀	棕背雪雀	zōngbèixuěquè	- (Chinese bird species) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
历史背景	歷史背景	lìshǐbèijǐng	- historical background
死记硬背	死記硬背	sǐjìyìngbèi	- to learn by rote - to mechanically memorize
汗流浃背	汗流浹背	hànliújiābèi	- to sweat profusely (idiom) - drenched in sweat
灰背伯劳	灰背伯勞	huībèibóláo	- (Chinese bird species) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
灰背椋鸟	灰背椋鳥	huībèiliángniǎo	- (Chinese bird species) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
灰背燕尾	灰背燕尾	huībèiyànwěi	- (Chinese bird species) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
熊腰虎背	熊腰虎背	xióngyāohǔbèi	- waist of a bear and back of a tiger - tough and stocky build
白背兀鹫	白背兀鷲	báibèiwùjiù	- (Chinese bird species) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
白背矶鸫	白背磯鶇	báibèijīdōng	- (Chinese bird species) common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
红背伯劳	紅背伯勞	hóngbèibóláo	- (Chinese bird species) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
红背蜘蛛	紅背蜘蛛	hóngbèizhīzhū	- redback spider
紫背椋鸟	紫背椋鳥	zǐbèiliángniǎo	- (Chinese bird species) chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis)
紫背苇鳽	紫背葦鳽	zǐbèiwěiyán	- (Chinese bird species) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)
绿背姬鹟	綠背姬鶲	lǜbèijīwēng	- (Chinese bird species) green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)
绿背山雀	綠背山雀	lǜbèishānquè	- (Chinese bird species) green-backed tit (Parus monticolus)
绿背林鹟	綠背林鶲	lǜbèilínwēng	- (Chinese bird species) fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Rhinomyias olivacea)
背井离乡	背井離鄉	bèijǐnglíxiāng	- to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
背信弃义	背信棄義	bèixìnqìyì	- breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray - treachery - perfidy
背城借一	背城借一	bèichéngjièyī	- to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch - to put up a desperate struggle
背山临水	背山臨水	bèishānlínshuǐ	- with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)
背景音乐	背景音樂	bèijǐngyīnyuè	- background music (BGM) - soundtrack - musical setting
背水一战	背水一戰	bèishuǐyīzhàn	- lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
背道而驰	背道而馳	bèidàoérchí	- to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
腹背相亲	腹背相親	fùbèixiāngqīn	- to be on intimate terms with sb (idiom)
芒刺在背	芒刺在背	mángcìzàibèi	- feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) - uneasy and nervous - to be on pins and needles
苍背山雀	蒼背山雀	cāngbèishānquè	- (Chinese bird species) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)
虎背熊腰	虎背熊腰	hǔbèixióngyāo	- back of a tiger and waist of a bear - tough and stocky build
褐背鹟䴗	褐背鶲鶪	hèbèiwēngjú	- (Chinese bird species) bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)
走背字儿	走背字兒	zǒubèizìr	- erhua variant of 走背字[zou3 bei4 zi4]
违信背约	違信背約	wéixìnbèiyuē	- in violation of contract and good faith
离乡背井	離鄉背井	líxiāngbèijǐng	- to live far from home (idiom) - away from one's native place - to leave for a foreign land
鳌背负山	鰲背負山	áobèifùshān	- debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
黑背燕尾	黑背燕尾	hēibèiyànwěi	- (Chinese bird species) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
前胸贴后背	前胸貼後背	qiánxiōngtiēhòubèi	- (lit.) chest sticking to back - (fig.) famished - (of several persons) packed chest to back
斑背大尾莺	斑背大尾鶯	bānbèidàwěiyīng	- (Chinese bird species) marsh grassbird (Locustella pryeri)
暗绿背鸬鹚	暗綠背鸕鶿	ànlǜbèilúcí	- (Chinese bird species) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
朱背啄花鸟	朱背啄花鳥	zhūbèizhuóhuāniǎo	- (Chinese bird species) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
栗背短翅鸫	栗背短翅鶇	lìbèiduǎnchìdōng	- (Chinese bird species) Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus)
栗背短脚鹎	栗背短腳鵯	lìbèiduǎnjiǎobēi	- (Chinese bird species) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
棕背黑头鸫	棕背黑頭鶇	zōngbèihēitóudōng	- (Chinese bird species) Kessler's thrush (Turdus kessleri)
白背啄木鸟	白背啄木鳥	báibèizhuómùniǎo	- (Chinese bird species) white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
红背红尾鸲	紅背紅尾鴝	hóngbèihóngwěiqú	- (Chinese bird species) rufous-backed redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)
纹背捕蛛鸟	紋背捕蛛鳥	wénbèibǔzhūniǎo	- (Chinese bird species) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
蓝背八色鸫	藍背八色鶇	lánbèibāsèdōng	- (Chinese bird species) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
褐背地山雀	褐背地山雀	hèbèidìshānquè	- (Chinese bird species) ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis)
黑背信天翁	黑背信天翁	hēibèixìntiānwēng	- (Chinese bird species) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
大金背啄木鸟	大金背啄木鳥	dàjīnbèizhuómùniǎo	- (Chinese bird species) greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
浮力调整背心	浮力調整背心	fúlìtiáozhěngbèixīn	- BCD - Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
手心手背都是肉	手心手背都是肉	shǒuxīnshǒubèidōushìròu	- lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom) - fig. to both be of equal importance - to value both equally
金背三趾啄木鸟	金背三趾啄木鳥	jīnbèisānzhǐzhuómùniǎo	- (Chinese bird species) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
面朝黄土背朝天	面朝黃土背朝天	miàncháohuángtǔbèicháotiān	- face to the ground, back to the sky