背景

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	bright; circumstance; scenery
trad. (背景)		背	景
simp. #(背景)		背	景

Etymology

Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 背(はい)景(けい) (haikei), first attested in 《物質變動與道德變動》 by Li Dazhao in 1919.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèijǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ ging²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): poi-kín
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pōe-kéng / pòe-kéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): buê³ gêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèijǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèijǐng
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-ching³
    • Yale: bèi-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyjiing
    • Palladius: бэйцзин (bɛjczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ ging²
    • Yale: bui gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ kɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: poi-kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: boi gin^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: boi⁴ gin³
    • Sinological IPA: /poi̯⁵⁵ kin³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: puē-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexkeang
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pue²²⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pue³³⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòe-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: puè-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poea'keang
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pue¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buê³ gêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puè kéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

背景

1. background
2. backdrop
3. context

   社會背景／社会背景  ―  shèhuì bèijǐng  ―  social context

4. powerful connections

Derived terms

• 有背景
• 背景音樂 / 背景音乐 (bèijǐng yīnyuè)

Related terms

• 佈景／布景 (bùjǐng)
• 前景 (qiánjǐng)
• 遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
背	景
はい Grade: 6	けい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠ike̞ː]
• (Tokyo) はいけー [hàíkéé] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

背(はい)景(けい) • (haikei) 

1. background (part of picture); backdrop

   Antonyms: 前景 (zenkei), 近景 (kinkei)

2. background (relevant information); backstory; underlying circumstances
   • 2022 February 16, 岩谷良平, quotee, “第208回国会　衆議院　予算委員会第二分科会　第1号　令和4年2月16日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:

     動機や原因や背景が分からないと、結局、再発防止策というのもできないはずなんですね。

     Dōki ya gen'in ya haikei ga wakaranai to, kekkyoku, saihatsu bōshi-saku to iu no mo dekinai hazu nan desu ne.

     If we don't understand the motives, causes, and background, we ultimately can't implement any measures to prevent recurrence.

Descendants

• → Chinese: 背景 (bèijǐng)
• → Korean: 배경 (baegyeong)
• → Vietnamese: bối cảnh

References

• “背景”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
背	景

Noun

背景 • (baegyeong) (hangeul 배경)

1. hanja form^? of 배경 (“background”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
背	景

Noun

背景

1. chữ Hán form of bối cảnh (“background”)