背bui6書syu1

English

1. to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart
2. to recite a passage; to commit a passage to memory
3. to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc)
4. backing; endorsement
5. to endorse, endorsement ----unreviewed?
6. to supportunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 記低課文內容，唔使望都講得返或者寫得返
2. 金融術語。喺票據或單證背面簽名，表明背書嘅人轉讓果份票據或單證嘅權利。unreviewed?
3. 引申指政治上幫某人或某事保證，藉此提高事物嘅可信度；指認可、支持、擁護。unreviewed?

Examples

• 中文老師經常都要學生背書。

  Chinese language teachers often require students to recite passages.

• 如果你覺得open book考試唔使背書就好容易嘅話，噉你就錯喇。

  If you think that open-book exams are easy because memorization is not required, then you are quite mistaken.

• 我們和同桌比賽看誰背書快，結果我輸了。

  We raced against our deskmate to see who could memorize the text faster, and I lost.

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