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bèi

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bèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bèi | bei4
English translation
a legendary wolf
distressed
wretched
a legendary wolf; distressed, wretched

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About bèi

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

bèi

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of bèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭贝

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

Bèi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and Bèi represents the sound. Simplified form of bèi .

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Example sentences using bèi

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? shù chén yǐn bèi ?蛋彼幔0蛋氨酸 dàn ān suān 亮氨酸 liàng ān suān .

Cottonseed meal is deficient in lysine, methionine and leucine.

Words with bèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
狼狈 lángbèi in a difficult situation狼狽
狼狈为奸 láng bèi wéi jiān villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)狼狽為奸
bèi distressed bèi
狼狈不堪 láng bèi bù kān battered and exhausted狼狽不堪

bèi Decomposition & Compounds

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bèi Decomposition

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