背景

背景

Chinese

		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	bright; circumstance; scenery
simp. and trad. (背景)		背	景

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 背景 (はいけい) (haikei, “background”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèijǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ ging²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): poi-kín
• Min Nan (POJ): pōe-kéng / pòe-kéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bèijǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyjiing
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèijǐng
    • IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯˥˩ t͡ɕiŋ˨˩˦꜕꜖⁽꜕꜖꜓⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ ging²
    • Yale: bui gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ ging²
    • IPA ^(key): /puːy̯˧ kɪŋ˧˥/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: poi-kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: boi gin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: boi⁴ gin³
    • IPA: /poi̯˥ kin˧˩/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: puē-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexkeang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue˦˩꜕꜕ kiɪŋ˥˥˦/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue˧˧꜕꜖ kiɪŋ˦˩/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue˧˧꜖꜖ kiɪŋ˥˧/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pue˨˨꜕꜖ kiɪŋ˥˧/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòe-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: puè-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poea'keang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue˨˩꜓꜖ kiɪŋ˦˩/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue˩˩꜒꜔ kiɪŋ˥˧/

Noun

背景

1. background
2. backdrop
3. context

   社會背景 / 社会背景  ―  shèhuì bèijǐng  ―  social context

Derived terms

背景音樂／背景音乐 (bèijǐng yīnyuè)

Related terms

• 佈景／布景 (bùjǐng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
背	景
はい Grade: 6	けい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) はいけー [hàíkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠ike̞ː]

Noun

背景 (hiragana はいけい, rōmaji haikei)

1. background

Descendants

• Chinese: 背景 (bèijǐng)
• Korean: 배경 (baegyeong)
• Vietnamese: bối cảnh

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
背	景

Noun

背景 • (baegyeong) (hangeul 배경)

1. Hanja form^? of 배경 (“background”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
背	景

Noun

背景

1. Hán tự form of bối cảnh (“background”).