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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
杯 bēi	杯 \| 杯* \| *杯	cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup	HSK 1


北 běi	北 \| 北* \| *北	north / (classical) to be defeated	HSK 1


杯 bēi	杯 \| 杯* \| *杯	variant of 杯	桮 HSK 1


杯 bēi	杯 \| 杯* \| *杯	variant of 杯 / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup	盃 HSK 1


背 bèi	背 \| 背* \| *背	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	HSK 2


背 bēi	背 \| 背* \| *背	to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder	HSK 3


被 bèi	被 \| 被* \| *被	quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊｜被旅游 to "go on a trip")	HSK 3


背 bēi	背 \| 背* \| *背	variant of 背	揹 HSK 3


倍 bèi	倍 \| 倍* \| *倍	(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply	HSK 4


辈 bèi	辈 \| 辈* \| *辈	lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people	輩 HSK 5


碑 bēi	碑 \| 碑* \| *碑	a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL: 塊｜块, 面	HSK 7-9


备 bèi	备 \| 备* \| *备	(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; completely	備


呗 bei	呗 \| 呗* \| *呗	modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way	唄


贝 Bèi	贝 \| 贝* \| *贝	surname Bei	貝


贝 bèi	贝 \| 贝* \| *贝	cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)	貝


备 bèi	备 \| 备* \| *备	variant of 備｜备	俻


钡 bèi	钡 \| 钡* \| *钡	barium (chemistry)	鋇


卑 bēi	卑 \| 卑* \| *卑	low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble


蜀汉 Shǔ Hàn	蜀汉 \| 蜀汉* \| *蜀汉	Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han	蜀漢


陂 bēi	陂 \| 陂* \| *陂	pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2]


焙 bèi	焙 \| 焙* \| *焙	to dry over a fire / to bake


悖 bèi	悖 \| 悖* \| *悖	to go against / to be contrary to / perverse / rebellious


悲 bēi	悲 \| 悲* \| *悲	sad / sadness / sorrow / grief


孛 bèi	孛 \| 孛* \| *孛	comet


三顾茅庐 sāngùmáolú	三顾茅庐 \| 三顾茅庐* \| *三顾茅庐	lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb	三顧茅廬


蜀国 Shǔguó	蜀国 \| 蜀国* \| *蜀国	Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 during the Three Kingdoms	蜀國


关羽 Guān Yǔ	关羽 \| 关羽* \| *关羽	Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama	關羽


邶 bèi	邶 \| 邶* \| *邶	name of a feudal state


蓓 bèi	蓓 \| 蓓* \| *蓓	used in 蓓蕾


阿斗 Ādǒu	阿斗 \| 阿斗* \| *阿斗	A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪｜刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person


碚 bèi	碚 \| 碚* \| *碚	(used in place names)


狈 bèi	狈 \| 狈* \| *狈	a legendary wolf / distressed / wretched	狽


惫 bèi	惫 \| 惫* \| *惫	exhausted	憊


鹎 bēi	鹎 \| 鹎* \| *鹎	the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds	鵯


鞴 bèi	鞴 \| 鞴* \| *鞴	to saddle a horse


琲 bèi	琲 \| 琲* \| *琲	necklace


褙 bèi	褙 \| 褙* \| *褙	paper or cloth pasted together


椑 bēi	椑 \| 椑* \| *椑	Fagus sylvatica


悖 bèi	悖 \| 悖* \| *悖	old variant of 悖	誖


偝 bèi	偝 \| 偝* \| *偝	to disobey / to stand back-to-back


糒 bèi	糒 \| 糒* \| *糒	food for a journey / cakes


鐾 bèi	鐾 \| 鐾* \| *鐾	to sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop


鉳 běi	鉳 \| 鉳* \| *鉳	berkelium (chemistry) (Tw)


刘备 Liú Bèi	刘备 \| 刘备* \| *刘备	Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢｜蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty	劉備


北岛 Běi Dǎo	北岛 \| 北岛* \| *北岛	Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet	北島


僃 bèi	僃 \| 僃* \| *僃	old variant of 備｜备


鞁 bèi	鞁 \| 鞁* \| *鞁	horse tack (articles of harness such as saddle and bridle) / variant of 鞴


刘禅 Liú Shàn	刘禅 \| 刘禅* \| *刘禅	Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2]	劉禪


㮎 bēi	㮎 \| 㮎* \| *㮎	variant of 杯


张飞 Zhāng Fēi	张飞 \| 张飞* \| *张飞	Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine	張飛


桃园三结义 Táoyuán Sān Jiéyì	桃园三结义 \| 桃园三结义* \| *桃园三结义	Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛｜张飞 and Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义	桃園三結義


北安市 Běi'ān Shì	北安市 \| 北安市* \| *北安市	Bei'an, county-level city in Heihe 黑河市, Heilongjiang


三国演义 Sānguó Yǎnyì	三国演义 \| 三国演义* \| *三国演义	Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains	三國演義


五虎将 Wǔhǔjiàng	五虎将 \| 五虎将* \| *五虎将	Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛｜张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲｜赵云, Ma Chao 馬超｜马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠｜黄忠	五虎將


先帝遗诏 xiāndìyízhào	先帝遗诏 \| 先帝遗诏* \| *先帝遗诏	posthumous edict of a former emperor / Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 edict to posterity	先帝遺詔

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