Chinese Word Entry

背地
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): bèi dì
Cantonese (Jyutping): bui3 dei6
Definitions:
  1. secretly

  2. in private

  3. behind someone's back


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Chinese characters used in this word

stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel, back side, betray
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄟˋ (bèi), ㄅㄟ (bēi)
Cantonese: bui3
Japanese: ハイ (hai) / せ (se)、 せい (sei)、 そむ.く (somuku)、 そむ.ける (somukeru)
Korean: 배 (bae), 패 (pae)
Vietnamese: bối, bội
Variants
Semantic variant form:

ground, earth, soil, region
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄧˋ (dì), ㄉㄜ˙ (de)
Cantonese: dei6
Japanese: チ (chi)、 ジ (ji) / つち (tsuchi)
Korean: 지 (ji)
Vietnamese: địa
Variants
Semantic variant form: