背泳

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	swimming; to swim
trad. (背泳)		背	泳
simp. #(背泳)		背	泳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèiyǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ wing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèiyǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèiyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-yung³
    • Yale: bèi-yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyyeong
    • Palladius: бэйюн (bɛjjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ wing⁶
    • Yale: bui wihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ wing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ wing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ wɪŋ²²/

Noun

背泳

1. backstroke (a swimming stroke swum on one's back)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 仰泳 (“backstroke; back crawl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		仰泳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	揚脖兒洑
	Taiwan	仰泳
	Harbin	漂洋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	仰泳
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	仰水鳧兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	仰泳
	Xuzhou	仰泳
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	漂秧
	Lanzhou	仰泳
	Ürümqi	仰泳
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	仰泳
	Wuhan	仰泳
	Guiyang	仰泳
	Liuzhou	仰游
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	仰游
Mandarin	Singapore	仰泳
Cantonese	Hong Kong	背泳
	Dongguan	反昂刨, 仰泳
Gan	Lichuan	躺水
	Pingxiang	衝向天, 射向天
Hakka	Meixian	挺鵝仔
Jin	Taiyuan	仰泳
	Xinzhou	臉眉朝天浮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	倒泅
Southern Min	Xiamen	反肚泅
	Quanzhou	反肚泅
	Jinjiang	䖙胸
	Taipei	死囡仔䖙
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	死囡仔䖙
	Kaohsiung	死囡仔䖙, 倒拋泅
	Yilan	死囡仔䖙
	Changhua (Lukang)	死囡仔䖙
	Taichung	死囡仔䖙
	Tainan	水雞仔弄鐃, 倒拋泅
	Hsinchu	死囡仔䖙
	Kinmen	乒乓泅
	Penghu (Magong)	放死豬仔流
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	仰泳, 仰游
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	朝天游水
	Danyang	仰泳
	Hangzhou	仰泳
	Ningbo	向天泅
	Wenzhou	仰攤兒
	Jinhua	仰天划
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	仰死農兒
Xiang	Changsha	仰水
	Loudi	打向天浮泅, 蹠翻水

Verb

背泳

1. to swim on one's back

Japanese

Kanji in this term
背	泳
はい Grade: 6	えい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はいえー [hàíéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ie̞ː]

Noun

背(はい)泳(えい) • (haiei) 

1. backstroke (a swimming stroke swum on one's back)

Synonyms

• 背(せ)泳(およ)ぎ (seoyogi)