背 On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2. bēi ㄅㄟ to carry on one's back to bear to shoulder (a burden, blame etc) fig. bèi ㄅㄟˋ the back of a body or object to turn one's back to hide something from to learn by heart to recite from memory unlucky slang hard of hearing Where 背 is used Example sentences and grammar articles using 背 Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT