| 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 |
| 违背 | wéi bèi | to violate; to be contrary to |
| 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) |
| 脊背 | jǐ bèi | back |
| 背弃 | bèi qì | abandon; desert; renounce |
| 手背 | shǒu bèi | back of the hand |
| 背信弃义 | bèi xìn qì yì | breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray; treachery; perfidy |
| 向背 | xiàng bèi | to support or oppose |
| 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 |
| 驼背 | tuó bèi | hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback |
| 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 |
| 刀背 | dāo bèi | back of the knife |
| 倒背如流 | dào bèi rú liú | to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) |
| 倒背手 | dào bèi shǒu | with one's hands behind one's back |
| 倒背手儿 | dào bèi shǒur | erhua variant of 倒背手, with one's hands behind one's back |
| 垫背 | diàn bèi | funerary mat; fig. to serve as scape-goat; to act as fall guy for sb else's misdemeanors |
| 仑背 | Lún bèi | Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 仑背乡 | Lún bèi xiāng | Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 弯腰驼背 | wān yāo tuó bèi | slouch; stoop; poor posture |
| 扼喉抚背 | è hóu fǔ bèi | to strangle and slap the back (idiom); fig. to occupy a strategic post |
| 捐背 | juān bèi | to die |
| 背债 | bēi zhài | be in debt; be saddled with debts |
| 搭背 | dā bèi | harness pad (on draught animal) |
| 教育背景 | jiào yù bèi jǐng | educational background |
| 敲中背 | qiāo zhōng bèi | to receive oral sex from a prostitute |
| 敲大背 | qiāo dà bèi | to have sex with a prostitute |
| 敲小背 | qiāo xiǎo bèi | to be masturbated by a prostitute |
| 敲背 | qiāo bèi | back-knocking massage |
| 断背 | duàn bèi | homosexual, cf Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain |
| 断背山 | Duàn bèi shān | Brokeback Mountain, film by Ang Lee |
| 弃约背盟 | qì yuē bèi méng | to abrogate an agreement; to break one’s oath (idiom) |
| 椅背 | yǐ bèi | the back of a chair |
| 历史背景 | lì shǐ bèi jǐng | historical background |
| 死记硬背 | sǐ jì yìng bèi | to learn by rote; to mechanically memorize |
| 浮力调整背心 | fú lì tiáo zhěng bèi xīn | BCD; Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving) |
