背負

See also: 揹負 and 背负

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	lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)
trad. (背負/揹負)		背/揹	負
simp. (背负)		背	负

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēifù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ fu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pōe-hū / pōe-hù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēifù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beifù
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: bēi-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beifuh
    • Palladius: бэйфу (bɛjfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ fu⁶
    • Yale: bui fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ fuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-hū
    • Tâi-lô: puē-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexhu
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pue²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-hù
    • Tâi-lô: puē-hù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexhux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻²² hu⁴¹/

Verb

背負

1. to carry on the back
2. (figurative) to bear (responsibility); to shoulder

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 背負 (“to carry on the back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		負
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		背負
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	背
	Taiwan	背
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	背
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	背
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	背
	Wuhan	背, 馱
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	背, 馱
	Hefei	背, 馱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孭
	Hong Kong	孭
	Yangjiang	孭
Gan	Nanchang	馱, 背
Hakka	Meixian	背, 揹
Jin	Taiyuan	背
Northern Min	Jian'ou	騎, 邁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	邁
Southern Min	Xiamen	背, 揹, 偝
	Zhangzhou	揹, 偝
	Taipei	揹, 偝
	Chaozhou	背
Wu	Suzhou	背
	Wenzhou	背, 擐
Xiang	Changsha	背
	Shuangfeng	背