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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bhǝ̄k
Meaning: back, side
Tibetan: phag-ma back part of smth. (Schm.).
Burmese: phak a side (Luce).
Lushai: bak side-whiskers; the side of the face in front of the ear and in the region of the temple.
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 背
Modern (Beijing) reading: bèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: bǝ̄ks
Classic Old Chinese: bǝ̄h
Western Han Chinese: bǝ̄h
Eastern Han Chinese: bǝ̄h
Early Postclassic Chinese: bǝ̄̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bǝ̄̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: bǝ̄̀j
Middle Chinese: bòj
English meaning : to turn the back, disregard
Russian meaning[s]: 1) спина; зад, тыльная сторона; 2) повернуться спиной; бросить, отказаться от...; покинуть; пренебречь; нарушить; восстать против; 3) учить наизусть; читать на память; 4) упасть в обморок; [bēi] нести на спине
Comments: Also read: MC pòj (FQ 補妹), OC *pǝ̄ks 'the back, posterior part'.
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 3575
Karlgren code: 0909 e
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 835
Character: 背
MC description : 蟹開一去隊幫
ZIHUI: 5154 1139
Beijing: pei 3
Jinan: pei 3
Xi'an: pei 3
Taiyuan: pei 3
Hankou: pei 3
Chengdu: pei 3
Yangzhou: pǝi 3
Suzhou: pe_ 31
Wenzhou: pai 31
Changsha: pei 31
Shuangfeng: pie 31
Nanchang: pǝi 31 (lit.); pi 31
Meixian: pɔi 3
Guangzhou: pui 31
Xiamen: pue 31 (lit.); pe 31
Chaozhou: pue 31
Fuzhou: puei 31
Shanghai: pe_ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: pei 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[b]V(x)ga
Meaning: side
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