背
bèibēi HSK2

back

背 bèi frequency
back noun
the back of a person or animal

你的背怎样了？

nǐ de bèi zěn​yàng le?

How's your back?

to turn away from verb
to turn one's back; to move away from; to leave or desert

不要背对着你的对手。

bù​yào bèi duì zhe nǐ de duì​shǒu.

Do not turn your back on your opponent.

reverse side noun
the back or reverse side of an object (e.g. hand, knife, chair, or paper)
to violate verb
to go against; to violate an agreement or principle
to memorize verb
to learn by heart; to recite from memory

我背下了每个粉丝的资料。

wǒ bèi xia le měi​gè fěn​sī de zī​liào.

I've memorized every fan's profile.

behind someone's back locativeadverb
to do something in secret; to hide something from others
unlucky
(slang) to have bad luck, especially in gambling or general fortune
hard of hearing
(colloquial) to be deaf or have poor hearing
out-of-the-way
remote; secluded; quiet and isolated
to pass away
(literary) to die; to pass away
to mount
to mount a picture or scroll; to reinforce the back of a book or scroll with paper or silk
背 bēi
variant 揹
to carry on the back verb
to carry on the back or shoulder; to bear a burden or responsibility

我父亲把我们背在他肩上。

wǒ fù​qīn bǎ wǒ​men bēi zài tā jiān shang.

My father carried us on his shoulders.

背 bēi
load
a load carried on the back; a backload

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Frequency
Character
Written text
787th most common 233.5 per million
Movie subtitles
750th most common 169.3 per million appears in 58% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
60.3 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
70.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+80CC

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)