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狈

bèi

HSK 6 Character Traditional 狽

What 狈 means

1. a legendary wolf
2. distressed
3. wretched

Words containing 狈

• 狼狈láng bèiin a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.)
• 狼狈不堪láng bèi bù kānbattered and exhausted; stuck in a dilemma
• 狼狈为奸láng bèi wéi jiānvillains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)

Characters built on 贝

These share the phonetic component 贝 (bèi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 贼zéithief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked
• 钡bèibarium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 狈

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

• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 拒jùto resist; to repel; to refuse
• 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 狙jūmacaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 驸fùprince consort

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
• 蓓used in 蓓蕾
• 焙to dry over a fire; to bake
• 悖to go against; to be contrary to; perverse
• 钡barium (chemistry)
• 孛comet