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bèi

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bèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bèi | bei4
English translation
variant of bèi
> bèi [bèi]
to prepare
get ready
to provide or equip
to prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect

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About bèi

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

bèi

Contains the radical

zhǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To go  zhǐ  to the farm  Tián to prepare for a harvest

Etymology of bèi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

夂田

Explanation

Simplified form of bèi . Pictograph of a container for holding arrows, which helped in preparation for battle. The rén (person) component was added later. The traditional component rén was removed for simplification.

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Example sentences using bèi

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liú zhú suān yán de 制备 zhì bèi 说明 shuōmíng zhè 一点 yī diǎn .

The preparation of salts of thionic acids illustrates this point.

夏洛克 Xià luò kè Xiàng 安东尼奥 zǒu ,准备 zhǔnbèi dòng Dāo le .

Shylock advances toward Antonio and prepares to use his knife.

liáng 人为 rénwéi chū ,天晴防备 fáng bèi 下雨天.

Live within your means and save for a rainy day.

Molinas一家人 yī jiā rén 准备 zhǔnbèi 亲戚 qīnqi 一起 yīqǐ Guò 感恩节 Gǎn ēn jié .

She and the Molinas are going to spend Thanksgiving with their cousins.

zhè 就是 jiù shì 我们 wǒmen yāo shǎng 语言 yǔyán 预备 yù bèi de 地方 dìfāng .

This was where we were to have our preparatory language courses.

Words with bèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
准备 zhǔnbèi preparation準備
设备 shèbèi equipment設備
装备 zhuāngbèi equipment裝備
具备 jùbèi to possess具備
bèi to prepare bèi
储备 chǔbèi reserves儲備
配备 pèibèi to allocate配備
后备 hòu bèi reserve後備
筹备 chóubèi preparations籌備
预备 yù bèi to prepare預備
备用 bèi yòng reserve備用
备受 bèi shòu to fully experience (good or bad)備受
备战 bèi zhàn prepared against war備戰
必备 bì bèi essential必備
备案 bèi àn to file備案
备忘录 bèiwànglù memorandum備忘錄
责备 zébèi to blame責備
制备 zhì bèi to prepare製備
备份 bèifèn backup備份
戒备 jièbèi to take precautions戒備
防备 fáng bèi to guard against防備
完备 wánbèi faultless完備
刘备 Liú Bèi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 Shǔ Hàn (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty劉備
战备 zhàn bèi war preparation戰備
备注 bèi zhù remark備註

bèi Decomposition & Compounds

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bèi Decomposition

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bèi Compounds

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