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Bèi

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Bèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Bèi | Bei4
English translation
surname Bei
cowrie
shellfish
currency (archaic)
sea shell; money, currency

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About Bèi

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

bèi

Contains the radical

Bèi

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A sea shell, once used as currency

Etymology of Bèi

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

冂人

Explanation

Simplified form of bèi . Pictograph of a cowrie shell. In ancient China such shells were used as currency.

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Example sentences using Bèi

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zǒu lái cuàn xiǎng ràng 贝基看见 kànjiàn ,以此 yǐ cǐ lái 激怒 jī nù , shāng de xīn .

And he kept drifting about to find Becky and lacerate her with the performance.

Bèi : Néng 告诉 gàosu 什么 shénme shì 酸辣汤 suān là tāng ?

Could you tell me what the two flavours are?

jiào 宝贝 bǎobèi , hōng 心平气和 xīn píng qì hé .

I call her a darling, and flatter her into a good temper.

dāng 贝蒂 shuì 知道 zhīdào 我们 wǒmen de 秘密 mìmì shí , zhǐ de shì 什么 shénme ?

What was Betty getting at when she said she knew our secret?

知道 zhīdào 要是 yàoshi le lǎo Páng Bèi de 冷水 lěng shuǐ , zài 那儿 nà r jiù huì 碰到 pèng dào 麻烦 máfan .

I knew I should get into scrapes there, if she put old Bounderby's pipe out.

Words with Bèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
宝贝 bǎobèi treasure寶貝
Bèi cowrie bèi
贝尔 Bèi ěr Bell (person name)貝爾
诺贝尔 Nuò bèi ěr Nobel (Prize)諾貝爾
小贝 Xiǎo bèi "Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆 Bèi kè hàn mǔ [Bèi​kè​hàn​mǔ])小貝
拷贝 kǎo bèi copy拷貝
贝克汉姆 Bèi kè hàn mǔ Beckenham or Beckham (name)貝克漢姆
贝壳 bèiké shell貝殼
诺贝尔奖 Nuò bèi ěr Jiǎng Nobel Prize諾貝爾獎
贝鲁特 Bèi lǔ tè Beirut, capital of Lebanon貝魯特
贝克 Bèi kè abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔 bèi kè lè ěr [bèi​kè​lè​'ěr]貝克
贝多芬 Bèi duō fēn Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer貝多芬
贝拉 Bèi lā Beira, Mozambique貝拉
贝卢斯科尼 Bèi lú sī kē ní Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011貝盧斯科尼
坎贝尔 Kǎn bèi ěr Campbell (name)坎貝爾
贝尔格莱德 Bèi ěr gé lái dé Belgrade, capital of Serbia貝爾格萊德
贝斯 Bèi sī bass (loanword)貝斯
贝类 bèi lèi shellfish貝類
扇贝 shàn bèi scallop (genus Pecten)扇貝
分贝 fēn bèi decibel分貝

Bèi Decomposition & Compounds

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Bèi Decomposition

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Bèi Compounds

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