背
后

Behind in Chinese: 背后 (bèi hòu)

bèi hòu

behind

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 背後1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1behind
  2. 2at the back
  3. 3in the rear
  4. 4behind sb's back

Stroke order

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背
后

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄟˋ

bèi

ㄅ/ bㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

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背后

Simplified

背後

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 不要在别人背后说坏话。

    bú yào zài bié rén bèi hòu shuō huài huà。

    Don't say bad things about people behind their backs.

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Related words

背

bèi

the back of a body or object

后

hòu

empress

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

最后

zuì hòu

final

背景

bèi jǐng

background

后果

hòu guǒ

consequences

皇后

huáng hòu

empress

落后

luò hòu

to fall behind

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