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钡

bèi

Character Traditional 鋇

What 钡 means

1. barium (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 钡是什么颜色的？
  What color is barium?

Words containing 钡

• 硫酸钡liú suān bèibarium sulfate

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
• 狈bèia legendary wolf; distressed; wretched

Characters that look like 钡

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

• 帮bāngto help; to assist; to support
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 铎duólarge ancient bell
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)

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
• 悖to go against; to be contrary to; perverse
• 孛comet