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违背

wéi bèi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 違背

违背 (wéi bèi) means "to go against; to be contrary to; to violate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 违背 means

1. to go against
2. to be contrary to
3. to violate

The characters in 违背

• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from

Example sentences

• 你不该违背你的诺言。
  You shouldn't break promises.
• 他不会违背他的原则。
  He couldn't go against his principles.
• 他让我违背了我的意愿。
  Tā ràng wǒ wéibèi le wǒ de yìyuàn.
  He made me go against my will.
• 那违背了我做人的原则。
  Nà wéibèi le wǒ zuòrén de yuánzé.
  That runs against my principles.
• 我们不能违背我们的承诺。
  We must not break our promise.
• 这是违背体育精神的行为！
  This is unsportsmanlike behavior!

Sounds the same

Read wéi bèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 违悖to transgress; to violate (the rules); same as 违背

Where 违背 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wéi–wěi (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wéi bèi correctly.
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