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HSK
treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character
HSK 4
shell (of a mollusk)
HSK 7-9
Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007), Pakistani politician, prime minister 1988–90 and 1993–96
Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician / (math.) abelian
land snail
Sichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, used in TCM)
(loanword) a cappella
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贝* | 贝* | *贝
surname Bei
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贝* | 贝* | *贝
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
Bell (person name)
(loanword) tempeh
Nobel (Prize)
Baker or Becker (name)
Nobel Prize
beta (Greek letter Β, β)
the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)
sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
John Steinbeck (1902-1968), US novelist
copy / to copy (loanword)
Bayes (name) / Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), English mathematician and theologian
shellfish / mollusks
Benin
Lake Baikal, Russia
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
Belgrade, capital of Serbia
Campbell (name)
Belmopan, capital of Belize
Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), Zimbabwean ZANU-PF politician, president of Zimbabwe 1987-2017
Chernobyl
scallop (genus Pecten)
Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
Beirut, capital of Lebanon
(medicine) babesiosis
Bennett (surname)
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994–1995, 2001–2006, 2008–2011
mussel
laminating machine / laminator
Bertelsmann, German media company
bass guitar
"Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆)
B&R Industrial Automation International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
(medicine) babesiosis
Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt
bass (loanword) / bass guitar
erhua variant of 貝殼|贝壳
Beira, Mozambique
Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
variant of 黑背
(loanword) bagel
Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
PayPal (Internet payment and money transfer company)
pearly white teeth / cowry
Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
Beethoven's Ninth
the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops
Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork / Ballycotton, music band
nickname for Victoria Beckham
Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga
Beckenham or Beckham (name) / David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer
shell mound
(stationery) to laminate (Tw)
Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop
Hulunbuir, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
Nobel Prize in Literature
Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
(music) (loanword) bass
Bellamy
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
Nobel Peace Prize
erhua variant of 寶貝|宝贝
Lübeck, Germany
Benin (Tw)
becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) / abbr. to 貝克|贝克
electric bass (guitar)
Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
Malbec (grape type)
kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect
Belize (Tw)
Bell Labs
Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia
surname Fröbel or Froebel / Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782–1852), German pedagogue
John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
rice cracker
Kongsberg (city in Norway)
Barbados, Caribbean island (Tw)
Nobel Prize in Physics
Bekaa Valley between Lebanon and Syria
(metallurgy) bainite; bainitic
Belmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)

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