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悖

bèi

Character

What 悖 means

1. to go against
2. to be contrary to
3. perverse
4. rebellious

Other readings

悖 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bèiold variant of {悖|bèi}

Example sentences

• 这是悖论。
  This is a paradox.

Words starting with 悖

• 悖论bèi lùnparadox (logic)
• 悖乱bèi luànto rebel; sedition; to delude
• 悖谬bèi miùabsurd; irrational
• 悖逆bèi nìcontrary
• 悖晦bèi huì(colloquial) muddleheaded
• 悖缪bèi miùvariant of 悖谬

Words containing 悖

• 相悖xiāng bèicontrary; opposite; to run counter to
• 狂悖kuáng bèi(literary) brazen; outrageous; defiant
• 违悖wéi bèito transgress; to violate (the rules); same as 违背
• 有悖于yǒu bèi yúto go against
• 并行不悖bìng xíng bù bèito run in parallel without hindrance; not mutually exclusive…

Characters that look like 悖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 脖bóneck
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 惮dàndread; fear; dislike
• 悸jìto palpitate
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

Sounds the same

Read bèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 被quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
• 备(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
• 背the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 倍(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 贝cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
• 辈lifetime; generation; group of people
• 惫exhausted
• 狈a legendary wolf; distressed; wretched
• 蓓used in 蓓蕾
• 焙to dry over a fire; to bake
• 钡barium (chemistry)
• 孛comet