HSK 6 · Science

备份 bèifèn “to back up” in Chinese

Traditional 備份

What 备份 means

  1. to back up
  2. backup

How to say 备份

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale备bèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale份fèn4th tone, falling

备份 in a sentence

  1. 重要的文件一定要备份。

    Zhòngyào de wénjiàn yídìng yào bèifèn.

    Always back up important files.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我在电脑上有一个备份。

    Wǒ zài diànnǎo shàng yǒu yí ge bèifèn.

    I’ve got a backup on my computer.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 备份 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 备 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
备bèito prepare; to equip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 田field · tián
The character 份 (fèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 分to divide · fēn

How to write 备份

备 8 strokes · 份 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 备份

Words with 备

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare责备zébèi · to blame具备jùbèi · to possess设备shèbèi · equipment戒备jièbèi · to guard against配备pèibèi · to equip完备wánbèi · complete筹备chóubèi · to prepare储备chǔbèi · reserves装备zhuāngbèi · equipment

Words with 份

份fèn · measure word for portions身份shēnfèn · identity股份gǔfèn · share

More words: Science & Technology

硬件yìngjiàn · hardware预报yùbào · forecast注册zhùcè · to register饱和bǎohé · saturated标本biāoběn · specimen操作cāozuò · to operate测量cèliáng · to measure沉淀chéndiàn · to settle

FAQs

备份 (bèifèn) means “to back up” or “backup”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bèifèn: bèi with a 4th tone, then fèn 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, 备份 is written 備份. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beifen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 备份 from the suggestions. Typing beifen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
备份 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.