HSK 6 · Verbs

背叛 bèipàn “to betray” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 背叛 means

  1. to betray

How to say 背叛

  • 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叛pàn4th tone, falling

背叛 in a sentence

  1. 这里没有人会背叛你。

    Zhèlǐ méiyǒu rén huì bèipàn nǐ.

    No one here will betray you.

    Sentence #6534801 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他为了钱背叛了他的朋友们。

    Tā wèile qián bèipàn le tā de péngyoumen.

    He betrayed his friends for money.

    Sentence #3327525 from Tatoeba

  3. 连你也背叛我。

    Lián nǐ yě bèipàn wǒ.

    Even you’ve betrayed me.

    Sentence #13519315 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 背叛 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 叛 (pàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
叛pànto betray
  • 半half · bànSound part
  • 反reverse · fǎnMeaning part

反 hints at the meaning (reverse); 半 (bàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with pàn.

How to write 背叛

背 9 strokes · 叛 9 strokes

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

Words related to 背叛

Words with 背

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

More words: Common Verbs

保管bǎoguǎn · to look after暴露bàolù · to expose包围bāowéi · to surround爆炸bàozhà · to explode奔波bēnbō · to rush about奔驰bēnchí · to speed蹦bèng · to jump迸发bèngfā · to burst out

FAQs

背叛 (bèipàn) means “to betray”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bèipàn: bèi with a 4th tone, then pàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 背叛 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beipan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 背叛 from the suggestions. Typing beipan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
背叛 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.