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| Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|
| cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic) / surname bei |
Common Chinese Words Using 貝
| Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|
| treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character | ||
| Bell (person name) | ||
| baker or becker (name) / becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol bq) / abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔[bei4 ke4 le4 er3] | ||
| shell / conch / cowry / mother of pearl / hard outer skin / also pr. [bei4 qiao4] | ||
| pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras | ||
| copy / to copy (loanword) | ||
| decibel |
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