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贝
貝
Bèi
1. surname Bei
Very Common • Top 1% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

贝
bèi
sea shell; money, currency
HSK 5 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

贝塔
bèitǎ
beta (Greek letter Ββ)
贝司
bèisī
bass (loanword)
贝南
Bèinán
Benin, West Africa (Tw)
庞贝
Pángbèi
Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
贝克
bèikè
becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
贝克
Bèikè
Baker or Becker (name)
贝类
bèilèi
shellfish
贝九
Bèijiǔ
Beethoven's Ninth
贝丘
bèiqiū
shell mound
护贝
hùbèi
laminate film
丹贝
dānbèi
see [[天貝|天贝<tiānbèi>]]
贝雕
bèidiāo
shell carving
贝叶
bèiyè
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
贝尔
Bèiěr
Bell (person name)
贝母
bèimǔ
the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)
贝壳
bèiké
shell
HSK 6
仙贝
xiānbèi
rice cracker
贝果
bèiguǒ
bagel (loanword)
黑贝
hēibèi
see [[黑背<hēibèi>]]
贝斯
bèisī
bass (loanword)

Alternate Entries

贝
bèi
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,132
Word Frequency Rank
675 of 84,292

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