bèi

sea shell; money, currency

HSK 5 #1133

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

尔格勒 bèi ěr gé lè Belgrade, capital of Serbia (Tw)
尔湖 bèi ěr hú Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia
尔莫潘 bèi ěr mò pān Belmopan, capital of Belize
卢斯科尼 bèi lú sī kē ní Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011
聿铭 bèi yù míng Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect
叶 bèi yè pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
叶棕 bèi yè zōng pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
叶经 bèi yè jīng sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
里斯 bèi lǐ sī Belize (Tw)
雕 bèi diāo shell carving
齿 bèi chǐ pearly white teeth; cowry
特 xīn bèi tè Shin Bet (Israel national security service)
达朗尔 dá lǎng bèi ěr D'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician
阿迪斯阿巴 ā dí sī ā bèi bā Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia (Tw)
lù bèi land snail
斯 diàn bèi sī electric bass (guitar)
非阿尔 fēi ā bèi ěr (math.) non-abelian
额勒格・道尔吉 é lè bèi gé ・ dào ěr jí Elbegdorj Tsakhia or Tsakhia-giin Elbegdorj (1963-), Mongolian US educated Democratic Party politician, president of Mongolia from 2009
马氏珍珠 mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
马尔克 mǎ ěr bèi kè Malbec (grape type)
hēi bèi see 黑背[hei1 bei4]
龙宫 lóng gōng bèi Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
利 shǎ bèi lì Shapely (a Chinese slang term used to describe a silly, cute, or naive person)
尼奥夫 bèi ní ǎo fū David Benioff (name)
克 sī bèi kè Steinbeck (a surname; referring to an American writer, John Steinbeck)