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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘-pōe / khò-pōe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khau-pe

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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/
• 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/

Noun

靠背

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

Synonyms

• (backrest): (Sichuan) 憑憑／凭凭; (Hokkien) 椅䖙, 交椅䖙; (Wu) 椅子背