Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.body's back; dorsum; part of one's body opposite the chest and stomach
我背很疼。
My back hurts.
马背很光滑。
The horse's back is very smooth.
他背上有道疤痕。
He has a scar on his back.
antonym
- 2
n.back side of an object; back of an object
椅背很脏。
The back of the chair is dirty.
桌背不需要打磨。
The back of the table does not need to be sanded.
镜背很光滑。
The back of the mirror is very smooth.
- 3
v.act contrary to; break; violate
他背信弃义。
He is faithless.
他背着良心做事。
He acted against his conscience.
他背盟弃信。
He violated a treaty.
- 4
v.recite
我在背台词。
I am speaking my lines
我把书背熟了。
I've recited the book so well.
我在背课文。
I am reciting the text.
- 5
v.with one's back towards
他把脸背过去。
He turned his face away.
他背着太阳坐。
He sat with the sun on his back.
背着风走
walk with one's back to the wind
- 6
adj.infmlunlucky
今天真背时。
Today is unlucky.
我运气背。
I am down on my luck.
今天我打麻将时，手气很背。
I am very unlucky at mahjong today.
- 7
v.leave; go away; abandon
他背离家园。
He left his nation place.
背井离乡
leave home
- 8
v.do something behind somebody's back; do something in secret
不要背着人说话。
Do not talk behind someone's back.
我没什么背人的事。
I have nothing to hide from anyone.
不要背着人吃东西。
Do not eat secretly.
- 9
adj.infmlhard of hearing
我耳朵背。
I am hard of hearing.
他耳朵真背。
He's very hard of hearing.
爷爷耳朵背，听不清我们说话。
Grandfather can't hear us because he's hard of hearing.
- 10
adj.infmlout-of-the-way
这里背静。
Here is quiet and secluded.
背街小巷
back street and small lanes
深山小路很背。
The path to the deep mountains is very secluded.
Words and phrases with 背
- 背书人[word]endorser
- 背斜[word]anticline
- 背信[word]betray a promise/trust
- 背压[word]back pressure
- 背叛[word]betray
- 背板[word]back veneer
- 背衬[word]back lining
- 背手[word]hands at the back
- 背鳍[word]dorsal fin
- 背道而驰[idiom]run in the opposite direction
- 背若芒刺[idiom]feeling uncomforable
- 背城一战[idiom]same as 背城借一
- 背井离乡[idiom]leave one's home
- 背水为阵[idiom]deploy the troops with backs to a river
- 背城借一[idiom]fight with one's back to the wall
- 背水一战[idiom]fight a life-and-death battle
- 背信弃义[idiom]behave treacherously
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "bèi", "背" refers to the back and some meanings related to the back; when it is pronounced as"bēi", it means "carry on the back, bearing, burden and so on".