| bēi | to be burdened/to carry on the back or shoulder |
| bèi | the back of a body or object/to turn one's back/to hide something from/to learn by heart/to recite from memory |
| 背 | variant of 背 |
| 背书 | to repeat a lesson to learn by heart to endorse a check |
| 背书人 | endorser; endorsor; indorser; backer |
| 背井离乡 | to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom) |
| 背人 | To avoid people, to keep something secret. |
| 背令 | Untimely. |
| 背传 | a back-flip pass |
| 背侧 | back back side |
| 背信 | to break faith |
| 背信弃义 | breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray treachery perfidy |
| 背债 | be in debt be saddled with debts |
| 背光 | be in a poor light do something with one's back to the light stand in one's own light |
| 背光性 | negative phototropism; negative phototaxis |
| 背兴 | Unlucky. |
| 背刷 | a back brush |
| 背剪 | with one's hands clasped or tied behind one's back |
| 背包 | knapsack rucksack infantry pack |
| 背包客 | backpacker |
| 背包游 | backpacking |
| 背包袱 | have a weight on one's mind take on a mental burden |