HSK 6 · Society

违背 wéibèi “to go against” in Chinese

Traditional 違背

What 违背 means

  1. to go against
  2. to violate
  3. to be contrary to

How to say 违背

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale违wéi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale背bèi4th tone, falling

违背 in a sentence

  1. 他不会违背他的原则。

    Tā búhuì wéibèi tā de yuánzé.

    He won’t go against his principles.

    Sentence #847875 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在办公室吸烟违背我们的原则。

    Zài bàngōngshì xīyān wéibèi wǒmen de yuánzé.

    Smoking in the office goes against our principles.

    Sentence #1471139 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你不该违背你的诺言。

    Nǐ bù gāi wéibèi nǐ de nuòyán.

    You shouldn’t break your promises.

    Sentence #426337 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 违背 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 违 (wéi) with each of its parts in a different colour
违wéito violate; to go against
  • 韦tanned leather · wéiSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 韦 (wéi) hints at the sound. Compare it with wéi.

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.

How to write 违背

违 7 strokes · 背 9 strokes

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

Words related to 违背

Words with 违

违反wéifǎn · to violate (a law)

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背诵bèisòng · to recite (from memory)

More words: Society & Law

投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender团结tuánjié · to unite团体tuántǐ · group伪造wěizào · to forge诬陷wūxiàn · to frame武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces宪法xiànfǎ · constitution

FAQs

违背 (wéibèi) means “to go against” or “to violate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wéibèi: wéi with a 2nd tone, then bèi 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, 违背 is written 違背. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weibei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 违背 from the suggestions. Typing weibei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
违背 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.