背

HSK 4#1623 by frequencyradical ⺼

bèi["v","n"]

the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; unlucky (slang); hard of hearing

bēi["v","n"]

to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder

Examples

我背不好。

I am unable to memorise it.

她背痛了好多年了。

She's been having trouble with back pain for years.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.