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揹

简背 · 繁揹

Mandarin · pinyin bēi

variant of 背 bēi

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揹: Look up this written character
背: bèi · back; back side; behind; betray

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1 · bei1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bui3

Cantonese word readings for 揹. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 2

(Hakka) to carry on the back

character · Etymology 3

(Hokkien) to carry on the back
(Hokkien, figurative) to carry; to bear; to shoulder

character · Etymology 4

(Cantonese, alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 孭 /𱙷 (me¹, “to carry on the back; to carry responsibility”)

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