HSK 6 · Education

背诵 bèisòng “to recite (from memory)” in Chinese

Traditional 背誦

What 背诵 means

  1. to recite (from memory)
  2. to recite
  3. to repeat from memory

How to say 背诵

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale背bèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诵sòng4th tone, falling

背诵 in a sentence

  1. 他的女儿能背诵很多诗。

    Tā de nǚ'ér néng bèisòng hěn duō shī.

    His daughter is able to recite a lot of poems.

    Sentence #867947 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我最讨厌背诵课文了。

    Wǒ zuì tǎoyàn bèisòng kèwén le.

    What I hate most of all is having to recite texts from memory.

    Sentence #1750554 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 背诵 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 背 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
背bèithe back of a body or object
  • 北north · běiSound part
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 北 (běi) hints at the sound. Compare it with bèi.

The character 诵 (sòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
诵sòngto read aloud
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with sòng.

How to write 背诵

背 9 strokes · 诵 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

背诵 (bèisòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 背诵 (bèisòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 背诵

Words with 背

背bēi · to carry on one’s back后背hòubèi · back (of the body)背景bèijǐng · background背叛bèipàn · to betray违背wéibèi · to go against

More words: Education & Learning

语气yǔqì · tone哲学zhéxué · philosophy字母zìmǔ · letter (of the alphabet)作文zuòwén · to write an essay贬义biǎnyì · negative connotation传授chuánshòu · to teach答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)方言fāngyán · dialect

FAQs

背诵 (bèisòng) means “to recite (from memory)” or “to recite”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bèisòng: bèi with a 4th tone, then sòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 背诵 is written 背誦. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beisong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 背诵 from the suggestions. Typing beisong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
背诵 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.