贝 bèi

sea shell; money, currency

HSK 5 #1133

DEFINITIONS

  • sea shell
  • money, currency
  • surname Bei
  • cowrie
  • shellfish
  • currency (archaic)

STROKES

WORDS

宝贝 bǎo bèi
HSK 5
treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character
贝壳 bèi ké
HSK 6
shell; conch; cowry; mother of pearl; hard outer skin; also pr. [bei4 qiao4]
贝克 bèi kè Baker or Becker (name); becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq); abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔[bei4 ke4 le4 er3]
贝尔 bèi ěr Bell (person name)
拷贝 kǎo bèi copy; to copy (loanword)
贝拉 bèi lā Beira, Mozambique
贝多芬 bèi duō fēn Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
诺贝尔奖 nuò bèi ěr jiǎng Nobel Prize
诺贝尔 nuò bèi ěr Nobel (Prize)
贝斯 bèi sī Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt; bass (loanword); bass guitar
坎贝尔 kǎn bèi ěr Campbell (name)
贝鲁特 bèi lǔ tè Beirut, capital of Lebanon
庞贝 páng bèi Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
贝克汉姆 bèi kè hàn mǔ Beckenham or Beckham (name); David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer
贝雷帽 bèi léi mào beret (loanword)
切尔诺贝利 qiē ěr nuò bèi lì Chernobyl
贝尔格莱德 bèi ěr gé lái dé Belgrade, capital of Serbia
心肝宝贝 xīn gān bǎo bèi precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
扇贝 shàn bèi scallop (genus Pecten)
贝类 bèi lèi shellfish; mollusks
贝尔法斯特 bèi ěr fǎ sī tè Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland
阿贝尔 ā bèi ěr Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician; (math.) abelian
分贝 fēn bèi decibel
贝宁 bèi níng Benin
贝多 bèi duō pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
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