HSK 5 · Ideas

背景 bèijǐng “background” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 背景 means

  1. background
  2. backdrop
  3. context
  4. (fig.) powerful backer

How to say 背景

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale景jǐng3rd tone, dipping

背景 in a sentence

  1. 图片的背景是一座城堡。

    Túpiàn de bèijǐng shì yí zuò chéngbǎo.

    In the background of the picture is a castle.

    Sentence #1426555 from Tatoeba

How 背景 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 景 (jǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
景jǐngscenery
  • 日sun · rì
  • 京capital city · jīng

How to write 背景

背 9 strokes · 景 12 strokes

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

Words related to 背景

Words with 背

背bēi · to carry on one’s back后背hòubèi · back (of the body)背叛bèipàn · to betray背诵bèisòng · to recite (from memory)违背wéibèi · to go against

Words with 景

景色jǐngsè · scenery风景fēngjǐng · scenery情景qíngjǐng · scene前景qiánjǐng · prospects

More words: Ideas & Concepts

本领běnlǐng · skill本质běnzhì · essence比例bǐlì · proportion标志biāozhì · sign踪迹zōngjì · trace宗旨zōngzhǐ · aim尊严zūnyán · dignity座右铭zuòyòumíng · motto

FAQs

背景 (bèijǐng) means “background” or “backdrop”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bèijǐng: bèi with a 4th tone, then jǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 背景 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beijing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 背景 from the suggestions. Typing beijing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
背景 is an HSK 5 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.