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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
背景 bèijǐng	背景 \| 背景* \| *背景	background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL: 種｜种	HSK 5


背 bēi	背 \| 背* \| *背	to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder	HSK 5


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 / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing	HSK 5


背包 bēibāo	背包 \| 背包* \| *背包	knapsack / rucksack / infantry pack / field pack / blanket roll / CL: 個｜个


背心 bèixīn	背心 \| 背心* \| *背心	sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL: 件


背後 bèihòu	背後 \| 背後* \| *背後	behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back	背后


後背 hòubèi	後背 \| 後背* \| *後背	the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth	后背 HSK 5


背面 bèimiàn	背面 \| 背面* \| *背面	the back / the reverse side / the wrong side


背部 bèibù	背部 \| 背部* \| *背部	back (rear part of the torso) / back (the area of a vertebrate animal's body on either side of the backbone) / (anatomy) dorsum


背景音樂 bèijǐngyīnyuè	背景音樂 \| 背景音樂* \| *背景音樂	background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting	背景音乐


揹 bēi	揹 \| 揹* \| *揹	variant of 背	背 HSK 5


背帶 bēidài	背帶 \| 背帶* \| *背帶	braces / suspenders / sling (for a rifle) / straps (for a knapsack)	背带


背光 bèiguāng	背光 \| 背光* \| *背光	to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light


背叛 bèipàn	背叛 \| 背叛* \| *背叛	to betray	HSK 6


背包客 bēibāokè	背包客 \| 背包客* \| *背包客	backpacker


違背 wéibèi	違背 \| 違背* \| *違背	to go against / to be contrary to / to violate	违背 HSK 6


背囊 bèináng	背囊 \| 背囊* \| *背囊	backpack / knapsack / rucksack


歷史背景 lìshǐbèijǐng	歷史背景 \| 歷史背景* \| *歷史背景	historical background	历史背景


背影 bèiyǐng	背影 \| 背影* \| *背影	rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)


背書 bèishū	背書 \| 背書* \| *背書	to repeat a lesson / to learn by heart / to endorse a check	背书


背運 bèiyùn	背運 \| 背運* \| *背運	bad luck / unlucky	背运


點背 diǎnbèi	點背 \| 點背* \| *點背	(dialect) to be out of luck	点背


教育背景 jiàoyùbèijǐng	教育背景 \| 教育背景* \| *教育背景	educational background


背負 bēifù	背負 \| 背負* \| *背負	to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder	背负


露背 lòubèi	露背 \| 露背* \| *露背	halterneck / backless (garment)


背對背 bèiduìbèi	背對背 \| 背對背* \| *背對背	back to back	背对背


椅背 yǐbèi	椅背 \| 椅背* \| *椅背	the back of a chair


手背 shǒubèi	手背 \| 手背* \| *手背	back of the hand


吊帶背心 diàodàibèixīn	吊帶背心 \| 吊帶背心* \| *吊帶背心	camisole (women's garment)	吊带背心


背誦 bèisòng	背誦 \| 背誦* \| *背誦	to recite / to repeat from memory	背诵 HSK 6


背帶褲 bèidàikù	背帶褲 \| 背帶褲* \| *背帶褲	overalls	背带裤


背水一戰 bèishuǐyīzhàn	背水一戰 \| 背水一戰* \| *背水一戰	lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die	背水一战


背脊 bèijǐ	背脊 \| 背脊* \| *背脊	the back of the human body


背著手 bèizheshǒu	背著手 \| 背著手* \| *背著手	with one's hands clasped behind one's back	背着手


背離 bèilí	背離 \| 背離* \| *背離	to depart from / to deviate from / deviation	背离


墊背 diànbèi	墊背 \| 墊背* \| *墊背	to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate	垫背


頸背 jǐngbèi	頸背 \| 頸背* \| *頸背	nape	颈背


背板 bèibǎn	背板 \| 背板* \| *背板	panel / back panel


搭背 dābèi	搭背 \| 搭背* \| *搭背	harness pad (on draft animal)


駝背 tuóbèi	駝背 \| 駝背* \| *駝背	hunchbacked / stooping / hunchback	驼背


崙背 Lúnbèi	崙背 \| 崙背* \| *崙背	Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣｜云林县, Taiwan	仑背


汗流浹背 hànliújiābèi	汗流浹背 \| 汗流浹背* \| *汗流浹背	to sweat profusely (idiom) / drenched in sweat	汗流浃背


背字 bèizì	背字 \| 背字* \| *背字	bad luck


背叛者 bèipànzhě	背叛者 \| 背叛者* \| *背叛者	traitor


背靠背 bèikàobèi	背靠背 \| 背靠背* \| *背靠背	back to back


背山 bèishān	背山 \| 背山* \| *背山	with back to the mountain (favored location)


虎背熊腰 hǔbèixióngyāo	虎背熊腰 \| 虎背熊腰* \| *虎背熊腰	back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build


崙背鄉 Lúnbèixiāng	崙背鄉 \| 崙背鄉* \| *崙背鄉	Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣｜云林县, Taiwan	仑背乡


腳背 jiǎobèi	腳背 \| 腳背* \| *腳背	instep (upper surface of the foot)	脚背


脊背 jǐbèi	脊背 \| 脊背* \| *脊背	back


背殺 bèishā	背殺 \| 背殺* \| *背殺	(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. for 背影殺手｜背影杀手	背杀


掀背車 xiānbèichē	掀背車 \| 掀背車* \| *掀背車	hatchback	掀背车


背鰭 bèiqí	背鰭 \| 背鰭* \| *背鰭	dorsal fin	背鳍


離鄉背井 líxiāngbèijǐng	離鄉背井 \| 離鄉背井* \| *離鄉背井	to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)	离乡背井


背頭 bēitóu	背頭 \| 背頭* \| *背頭	swept-back hairstyle	背头


刀背 dāobèi	刀背 \| 刀背* \| *刀背	back of the knife


背地 bèidì	背地 \| 背地* \| *背地	secretly / in private / behind someone's back


背包遊 bèibāoyóu	背包遊 \| 背包遊* \| *背包遊	backpacking	背包游


相背 xiāngbèi	相背 \| 相背* \| *相背	contrary / opposite


背棄 bèiqì	背棄 \| 背棄* \| *背棄	abandon / desert / renounce	背弃


背井離鄉 bèijǐnglíxiāng	背井離鄉 \| 背井離鄉* \| *背井離鄉	to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)	背井离乡


背信棄義 bèixìnqìyì	背信棄義 \| 背信棄義* \| *背信棄義	breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray / treachery / perfidy	背信弃义


背地裡 bèidìli	背地裡 \| 背地裡* \| *背地裡	behind sb's back	背地里


背簍 bēilǒu	背簍 \| 背簍* \| *背簍	a basket carried on the back	背篓


耳背 ěrbèi	耳背 \| 耳背* \| *耳背	to be hearing impaired


倒背如流 dàobèirúliú	倒背如流 \| 倒背如流* \| *倒背如流	to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)


彎腰駝背 wānyāotuóbèi	彎腰駝背 \| 彎腰駝背* \| *彎腰駝背	slouch / stoop / poor posture	弯腰驼背


背信 bèixìn	背信 \| 背信* \| *背信	to break faith


捶背 chuíbèi	捶背 \| 捶背* \| *捶背	to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists


背黑鍋 bēihēiguō	背黑鍋 \| 背黑鍋* \| *背黑鍋	to be made a scapegoat / to be unjustly blamed	背黑锅


向背 xiàngbèi	向背 \| 向背* \| *向背	to support or oppose


背景虛化 bèijǐngxūhuà	背景虛化 \| 背景虛化* \| *背景虛化	background blurring (photography)	背景虚化


芒刺在背 mángcìzàibèi	芒刺在背 \| 芒刺在背* \| *芒刺在背	feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) / uneasy and nervous / to be on pins and needles


背影殺手 bèiyǐngshāshǒu	背影殺手 \| 背影殺手* \| *背影殺手	(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. to 背殺｜背杀	背影杀手


敲背 qiāobèi	敲背 \| 敲背* \| *敲背	back-knocking massage


背時 bèishí	背時 \| 背時* \| *背時	outdated / out of luck	背时


龜背竹 guībèizhú	龜背竹 \| 龜背竹* \| *龜背竹	split-leaf philodendron / Monstera deliciosa	龟背竹


背陰 bèiyīn	背陰 \| 背陰* \| *背陰	in the shade / shady	背阴


前胸貼後背 qiánxiōngtiēhòubèi	前胸貼後背 \| 前胸貼後背* \| *前胸貼後背	(lit.) chest sticking to back / (fig.) famished / (of several persons) packed chest to back	前胸贴后背


背闊肌 bèikuòjī	背闊肌 \| 背闊肌* \| *背闊肌	latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)	背阔肌


背逆 bēinì	背逆 \| 背逆* \| *背逆	to violate / to go against


靠背椅 kàobèiyǐ	靠背椅 \| 靠背椅* \| *靠背椅	high-back chair


斷背山 Duànbèi Shān	斷背山 \| 斷背山* \| *斷背山	Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安	断背山


斷背 duànbèi	斷背 \| 斷背* \| *斷背	homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山｜断背山, a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)	断背


面朝黃土背朝天 miàncháohuángtǔbèicháotiān	面朝…朝天 \| 面朝…朝天* \| *面朝…朝天	face to the ground, back to the sky	面朝黄土背朝天


背夾電池 bèijiādiànchí	背夾電池 \| 背夾電池* \| *背夾電池	battery case (for a phone)	背夹电池


走背字 zǒubèizì	走背字 \| 走背字* \| *走背字	to have bad luck


背約 bèiyuē	背約 \| 背約* \| *背約	to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise	背约


見背 jiànbēi	見背 \| 見背* \| *見背	to pass away (lit., of the older generation) / to be orphaned	见背


裱背 biǎobèi	裱背 \| 裱背* \| *裱背	to mount a picture / also written 裱褙


敲大背 qiāodàbèi	敲大背 \| 敲大背* \| *敲大背	to have sex with a prostitute


揹債 bēizhài	揹債 \| 揹債* \| *揹債	to be in debt / to be saddled with debts	背债


背倚 bèiyǐ	背倚 \| 背倚* \| *背倚	to have one's back against / to lean against / to be backed up by (a mountain etc)


敲小背 qiāoxiǎobèi	敲小背 \| 敲小背* \| *敲小背	to be masturbated by a prostitute


點子背 diǎnzibèi	點子背 \| 點子背* \| *點子背	(coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck	点子背


背轉 bèizhuǎn	背轉 \| 背轉* \| *背轉	to turn away / to turn one's back to / (gymnastics etc) backspin	背转


棕背伯勞 zōngbèibóláo	棕背伯勞 \| 棕背伯勞* \| *棕背伯勞	(bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)	棕背伯劳


點兒背 diǎnrbèi	點兒背 \| 點兒背* \| *點兒背	(dialect) to be out of luck	点儿背


轉背 zhuǎnbèi	轉背 \| 轉背* \| *轉背	to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time	转背


弓背 gōngbèi	弓背 \| 弓背* \| *弓背	to hunch over / to stoop / to arch one's back (upward)

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