| 背 | bēi | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder |
| 背 | 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; unlucky (slang) |
| 背后 | bèi hòu | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back |
| 背景 | bèi jǐng | background; backdrop; context; CL:种 |
| 背叛 | bèi pàn | to betray |
| 背面 | bèi miàn | the back; the reverse side; the wrong side |
| 背影 | bèi yǐng | rear view; figure seen from behind; view of the back (of a person or object) |
| 背书 | bèi shū | to repeat a lesson; to learn by heart; to endorse a check |
| 背离 | bèi lí | deviate from; depart from |
| 背包 | bēi bāo | knapsack; rucksack; infantry pack; field pack; blanket roll; CL:个 |
| 背心 | bèi xīn | a sleeveless garment; CL:件 |
| 背诵 | bèi sòng | recite; repeat from memory |
| 背鳍 | bèi qí | dorsal fin |
| 背斜 | bèi xié | anticline (geology) |
| 背弃 | bèi qì | abandon; desert; renounce |
| 背信弃义 | bèi xìn qì yì | breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray; treachery; perfidy |
| 背地里 | bèi dì li | behind sb's back |
| 背道而驰 | bèi dào ér chí | to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to |
| 背负 | bēi fù | bear; carry on the back; have on one's shoulder |
| 背光 | bèi guāng | be in a poor light; do something with one's back to the light; stand in one's own light |
| 背脊 | bèi jǐ | the back of the human body |
| 背债 | bēi zhài | be in debt; be saddled with debts |
| 背井离乡 | bèi jǐng lí xiāng | to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom) |
| 背信 | bèi xìn | to break faith |
| 背侧 | bèi cè | back; back side |
| 背包客 | bēi bāo kè | backpacker |
| 背包袱 | bēi bāo fú | have a weight on one's mind; take on a mental burden |
| 背包游 | bèi bāo yóu | backpacking |
| 背叛者 | bèi pàn zhě | traitor |
| 背地 | bèi dì | secretly; in private; behind someone's back |
| 背地风 | bèi dì fēng | behind sb's back; privately; on the sly |
| 背城借一 | bèi chéng jiè yī | to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch; to put up a desperate struggle |
| 背字 | bèi zì | bad luck |
| 背对背 | bèi duì bèi | back to back |
| 背山 | bēi shān | with back to the mountain (favored location) |
| 背山临水 | bēi shān lín shuǐ | with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location) |
| 背带 | bēi dài | braces; suspenders; sling (for a rifle); straps (for a knapsack) |
| 背影儿 | bèi yǐngr | erhua variant of 背影, rear view; figure seen from behind; view of the back (of a person or object) |
| 背景音乐 | bèi jǐng yīn yuè | background music (BGM); soundtrack; musical setting |
| 背板 | bèi bǎn | panel; back panel |
| 背榜 | bēi bǎng | to score last in an examination |
| 背水一战 | bèi shuǐ yī zhàn | lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die |
| 背篓 | bēi lǒu | a basket carried on the back |
| 背约 | bèi yuē | to break an agreement; to go back on one's word; to fail to keep one's promise |
| 背着手 | bèi zhe shǒu | with one's hands clasped behind one's back |
| 背谬 | bèi miù | variant of 悖谬 |
| 背逆 | bēi nì | to violate; to go against |
| 背阔肌 | bèi kuò jī | latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest) |
| 背阴 | bèi yīn | in the shade; shady |
| 背靠背 | bèi kào bèi | back to back |
