variant of 背[bei1]

to go against; to be contrary to; to violate

the back (human anatomy); the back part of sth

hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback

back of the hand

back of the knife

(Tw) to remove the background from an image

support or opposition; alignment with or against a person, group or cause

to serve as a sacrificial victim; to suffer for sb else; scapegoat; to share sb's fate

to hunch over; to stoop; to arch one's back (upward)

to die

to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists

harness pad (on draft animal)

back-knocking massage

homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)

the back of a chair

to learn by rote

(dialect) to be out of luck

contrary; opposite

to flog or whip the back

to be hearing impaired

back (of a human or other vertebrate)

instep (upper surface of the foot)

variant of 裱褙[biao3 bei4]

(formal) (euphemism) (of an elder) to pass away

to turn one's back; to turn around; fig. change in a very short time

(of a garment) backless; halterneck

nape

horse's back; (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges

German shepherd

to receive oral sex from a prostitute

to have sex with a prostitute

to be masturbated by a prostitute

(dialect) to be out of luck

(coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck

back to back

back to back

(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders

slouch; stoop; poor posture

lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom); fig. to occupy all key points (military)

(idiom) to be crowded together

to learn by rote; to mechanically memorize

to sweat profusely (idiom); drenched in sweat

waist of a bear and back of a tiger; tough and stocky build

feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom); uneasy and nervous; to be on pins and needles

(lit.) chest sticking to back; (fig.) famished; (of several persons) packed chest to back