粵

背bui3脊zek3

bui3 zek3bèi jǐ

English

  1. the back of the human body
  2. back of people or animals

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 身體嘅後面。喺個身度,胸同肚嘅另外一邊

Examples

  • 就好似一隻手綁喺背脊同人打交咁。

    This is like fighting someone with one arm tied behind your back.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 背脊向天,人皆可食。

    Human could eat every creature whose back is facing the sky.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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