后背

HSK level

Traditional form

後背

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

后 Hòu

Explanation

后 Hòu (empress) and its mirror image 司 Sī (take charge) were originally used interchangeably. The origin of both characters is unclear. In simplified Chinese 后 Hòu is also used to mean "after, behind", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a sepa

Positional decomposition

⿸？口 kǒu

Number of Strokes

6

背 bēi

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 北 běi represents the sound. Originally written as 北 běi , a pictograph of two people standing back-to-back.

Phonetic compound

北 běi

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

⿱北⺼

Number of Strokes

9

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我 wǒ 后背 hòubèi 下方 xià fāng 老是 lǎo shi 疼 téng .

I've got a nagging pain in my lower back.

他 tā 所有 suǒyǒu 的 de 朋友 péngyou 在 zài 他 tā 丢 diū 钱 Qián 以后 yǐ hòu 背弃 bèi qì 了 le 他 tā .

All his friends went back on him after he lost his money.

他 tā 笑 xiào 了 le ，笑容 xiào róng 古怪 gǔguài 迷离 mí lí ，叫 jiào 我 wǒ 后背 hòubèi 发凉。

He smiled, an odd, dreamy smile that sent chills up my back.

莉 lì 翻 fān 了 le 个 gè 身 shēn 趴下，开始 kāishǐ 晒 shài 后背 hòubèi 。

Leigh rolled over on her stomach to tan her back.

他 tā 放下 fàng xià 后背 hòubèi 门 Mén ，好 hǎo 让 ràng 狗 gǒu 跳 tiào 出来 chū lái 。

He let down the tailgate so the dog could jump out.

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 后背 hòubèi and their own compounds.

后 Hòu

一 yī , 口 kǒu , 厂 hǎn

背 bēi

北 běi

匕 bǐ , 爿 qiáng , ?

月 yuè

See all 20 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 后背 hòubèi in their composition.

后 Hòu

逅 hòu , 垢 gòu , 诟 gòu , 垕 hòu , 姤 gòu , 郈 Hòu , 骺 hóu , 鲘 hòu , 劶, 洉, 缿, 茩, 詬 gòu , 銗, 鮜

背 bēi

偝 bèi , 褙 bèi , 揹, 禙, 鄁

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