靠背

Chinese

		depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support	learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder
trad. (靠背)		靠	背
simp. #(靠背)		靠	背

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàobèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˋ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaau³ bui³
• Gan (Wiktionary): kau³ bi⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): kau³ bei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘-pōe / khò-pōe
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹khau-pe / ¹khau-pei₅ / ⁵khau-pei₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàobèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˋ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàobèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao⁴-pei⁴
    • Yale: kàu-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kawbey
    • Palladius: каобэй (kaobɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaau³ bui³
    • Yale: kaau bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaau³ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kao³ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːu̯³³ puːi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: kau³ bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³⁻¹³ pi³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kau³ bei³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰau⁴⁵ pei⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘-pōe
    • Tâi-lô: khòo-puē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qorpoe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò-pōe
    • Tâi-lô: khò-puē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoirpoe
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ pue²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khau-pe
    • MiniDict: khau^平 pe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khau-pe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɔ⁵⁵ pe²¹/
  • (Northern: Chongming)
    • Wugniu: ¹khau-pei₅
    • MiniDict: khau^平 pei^去
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kʰɔ⁵⁵ pei/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khau-pei₅
    • MiniDict: khau^去 pei^去
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kʰɔ⁵⁵ pɐɪ³³/

Noun

靠背

1. back of a chair; backrest
2. stage armor worn in traditional opera

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 靠背 (“back of a chair; backrest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		靠背
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	椅子背
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	靠背, 椅子背兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	椅子背兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	椅子背兒
	Wanrong	椅子背兒
	Xi'an	椅背子
	Xining	椅子背兒
	Xuzhou	椅子背
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	椅子背
	Ürümqi	椅背子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	憑憑
	Wuhan	椅子背, 椅子靠
	Guiyang	椅子背
	Liuzhou	靠背
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	靠背兒, 椅子背兒, 椅背
	Yangzhou	靠背, 椅背子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	椅憑
	Hong Kong	凳憑, 椅憑
	Dongguan	凳憑
Gan	Nanchang	靠背
	Lichuan	靠背
	Pingxiang	靠背
Hakka	Yudu	靠背, 憑背
Huizhou	Jixi	靠背
Jin	Taiyuan	靠背
	Xinzhou	椅子靠背
Northern Min	Jian'ou	椅屏
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	椅靠, 椅𩩍
Southern Min	Xiamen	椅䖙, 交椅䖙
	Leizhou	椅徛
	Haikou	椅背
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	靠背
Wu	Shanghai	靠背, 椅子背
	Shanghai (Chongming)	靠背
	Suzhou	靠背
	Danyang	靠背, 椅子背
	Hangzhou	椅子背兒
	Ningbo	靠背, 椅子背
Xiang	Changsha	椅子靠背