背
bèibēi HSK2

back

背 bèi frequency
back noun
the back of a body or object

这把椅子的背很硬。

zhè bǎ yǐ​zi de bèi hěn yìng.

The back of this chair is very hard.

memorize verb
to learn by heart or recite from memory

我正在背课文。

wǒ zhèng​zài bèi kè​wén.

I am memorizing the text.

hide verb
to hide something from someone

他做人一向坦荡，从不背人做亏心事。

tā zuò​rén yī​xiàng tǎn​dàng, cóng bù bèi​rén zuò kuī​xīn​shì.

He has always been an upright person and never does anything shameful behind people's backs.

turn away verb
to turn one's back

他背对着门坐着。

tā bèi duì​zhe mén zuò zhe.

He is sitting with his back to the door.

hard of hearing adjective
hard of hearing or partially deaf

老人的耳朵有点背。

lǎo​rén de ěr​duo yǒu​diǎn bèi.

The old man is a bit hard of hearing.

unlucky adjective
unlucky or unfortunate (slang)

今天运气真背，出门就下雨。

jīn​tiān yùn​qi zhēn bèi, chū​mén jiù xià​yǔ.

I'm so unlucky today; it started raining as soon as I went out.

背 bēi
carry verb
to carry on the back or shoulder

他背着一个沉重的大书包。

tā bēi zhe yī gè chén​zhòng de dà shū​bāo.

He is carrying a heavy schoolbag on his back.

bear verb
to be burdened with something such as debt, blame, or responsibility

他因为赌博背了一身债。

tā yīn​wèi dǔ​bó bēi le yī shēn zhài.

He got himself deep into debt because of gambling.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)