背地裡

Chinese

		in secret; in private; surreptitiously in secret; in private; surreptitiously; behind someone's back; privately; on the sly	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing
trad. (背地裡/背地裏)		背地	裡/裏
simp. (背地里)		背地	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèidìlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ dei⁶ leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèidìlǐ → bèidìli (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄅㄟˋ ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèidìli̊
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-ti⁴-li⁵
    • Yale: bèi-dì-li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beydih.lii
    • Palladius: бэйдили (bɛjdili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ li¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ dei⁶ leoi⁵
    • Yale: bui deih léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ dei⁶ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ déi⁶ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ tei̯²² lɵy̯¹³/

Adverb

背地裡

1. in secret; in private; surreptitiously; behind someone's back; privately; on the sly

Synonyms

• 尻川後／尻川后 (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 尻脊後／尻脊后 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 暗下 (ànxià)
• 暗下裡／暗下里 (ànxiàlǐ)
• 暗中 (ànzhōng)
• 暗地 (àndì) (literary)
• 暗地裡／暗地里 (àndìlǐ)
• 暗裡／暗里 (ànlǐ)
• 暗靜／暗静 (Hokkien)
• 私下 (sīxià)
• 私下裡／私下里 (sīxiàlǐ)
• 私底下
• 私自 (sīzì)
• 背地 (bèidì)
• 背後／背后 (bèihòu)