背 bēi in a sentence
Back (one's back - burdened - carry on the back)
背 (bēi) means Back (one's back - burdened - carry on the back). Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 背 着孩子上楼。
Tā bēi zhe háizi shàng lóu.
He carried the child upstairs on his back.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 背
背 包压得肩膀疼。
Bèibāo yā de jiānbǎng téng.
The backpack made my shoulders ache.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 肩膀
他会 背 很多古诗。
Tā huì bèi hěn duō gǔ shī.
He can recite many classical poems.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 诗
别在 背 后议论别人。
Bié zài bèihòu yìlùn biéren.
Do not talk about people behind their backs.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 议论
别在 背 后说人闲话。
Bié zài bèihòu shuō rén xiánhuà.
Don't gossip about people behind their backs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 闲话
这张照片的 背 景很美。
Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn de bèijǐng hěn měi.
The background of this photo is beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 背景
学习不能机械地 背 诵。
Xuéxí bù néng jīxiè de bèisòng.
Learning cannot be a matter of mechanical memorisation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 机械
请介绍一下故事的 背 景。
Qǐng jièshào yíxià gùshi de bèijǐng.
Please introduce the background of the story.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 背景
背 后议论容易惹出是非。
Bèihòu yìlùn róngyì rě chū shìfēi.
Talking behind people's backs easily stirs up trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 是非
他不愿违 背 自己的良心。
Tā bú yuàn wéibèi zìjǐ de liángxīn.
He is unwilling to go against his conscience.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 违背
这样做违 背 了当初的承诺。
Zhèyàng zuò wéibèi le dāngchū de chéngnuò.
Doing this goes against the original promise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 违背
背 叛信任比说谎更难被原谅。
Bèipàn xìnrèn bǐ shuōhuǎng gèng nán bèi yuánliàng.
Betraying trust is harder to forgive than lying.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 背叛
老师要求我们 背 诵这首古诗。
Lǎoshī yāoqiú wǒmen bèisòng zhè shǒu gǔshī.
The teacher asked us to recite this classical poem from memory.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 背诵
他 背 着沉重的行李走了很远。
Tā bēizhe chénzhòng de xíngli zǒu le hěn yuǎn.
He walked a long way carrying heavy luggage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沉重
有人在 背 后挑拨他们的关系。
Yǒu rén zài bèihòu tiǎobō tāmen de guānxì.
Someone was stirring up trouble between them behind their backs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挑拨
她 背 着一个蓝布包袱走进车站。
Tā bēizhe yí ge lán bù bāofu zǒujìn chēzhàn.
She walked into the station carrying a blue cloth bundle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 包袱
他能一字不差地 背 诵整篇课文。
Tā néng yí zì bú chà de bèisòng zhěng piān kèwén.
He can recite the whole text without missing a single word.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 背诵
他觉得自己被最好的朋友 背 叛了。
Tā juéde zìjǐ bèi zuì hǎo de péngyou bèipàn le.
He felt he had been betrayed by his best friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 背叛
他发现自己一直被人在 背 后操纵。
Tā fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí bèi rén zài bèihòu cāozòng.
He found that he had been manipulated from behind all along.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操纵
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From the graded readers
照片 背 面写着一个日期和一个名字，可是那个名字她也想不起来了。
zhàopiàn bēi miàn xiězhe yīgè rìqī hé yīgè míngzi, kěshì nèigè míngzi tā yě xiǎng bù qǐlai le / liǎo / liào.
On the back was a date and a name, but even she couldn't place the name.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
背 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 背
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 背
How is 背 used in a sentence?
This page shows 25 sentences using 背 (bēi, "Back (one's back - burdened - carry on the back)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 背 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 背 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 背 an HSK word?
Yes — 背 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 背?
The dictionary page for 背 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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