English
- back
- to carry on one's back
- the back of a body or object
- back side
- (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
- to turn one's back
- behind
- to hide something from
- betray
- to learn by heart
- to recite from memory
- (slang) unlucky
- hard of hearing
- with the back towards
- back
- to recite
- behind somebody's back
粵語
- 唔係對住一啲嘢，而係相反方向，向後嘅。
- 後面
- 記低一啲嘢（通常都係一啲文句），然後唔望住嗰啲嘢都仍然記得，可以講或者寫返出嚟。
- 喺一啲人後面，唔畀人知，秘密咁做一啲嘢。
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 背
- 違背wai4 bui3
to go against
- 腳背goek3 bui3
instep (upper surface of the foot)
- 背景bui3 ging2
background; backdrop; context
- 背後bui3 hau6
behind
- 背叛bui3 bun6
to betray
- 背泳bui3 wing6
(HK) backstroke
- 背包bui3 baau1
knapsack
- 背面bui3 min6
the back
- 背書bui6 syu1
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart
- 背心bui3 sam1
sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)
- 背影bui3 jing2
rear view
- 背對bui3 deoi3
to have one's back towards
- 背時bui6 si4
outdated
- 後背hau6 bui3
the back (human anatomy)
- 背語bui3 jyu5
enigmatic language; insinuating language; argot; jargon; double talk; doublespeak
- 背負bui3 fu6
to bear
- 背光bui3 gwong1
to have direct light blocked; to face away from the light source
- 背棄bui3 hei3
to abandon
- 刀背dou1 bui3
back of the knife
- 斷背dyun6 bui3
homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
- 背角bui6 gok3
remote (place)
- 背誦bui6 zung6
to recite
- 瓦背ngaa5 bui2
tiled rooftop (spoken)
- 耳背ji5 bui3
to be hearing impaired