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bèi

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Definitions

  1. 1. cowrie
  2. 2. shellfish
  3. 3. currency (archaic)

Words Containing 贝

贝尔法斯特
bèi ěr fǎ sī tè

Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland

贝斯
bèi sī

Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt

贝尔实验室
bèi ěr shí yàn shì

Bell Labs

吉贝
jí bèi

kapok (Ceiba pentandra)

玛瑙贝
mǎ nǎo bèi

cowrie

哈贝马斯
hā bèi mǎ sī

Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher

宝贝
bǎo bèi

treasured object

哈莉·贝瑞
hā lì · bèi ruì

Halle Berry (1966-), US actress

天贝
tiān bèi

tempeh (loanword)

贝嫂
bèi sǎo

nickname for Victoria Beckham

贝克汉姆
bèi kè hàn mǔ

Beckenham or Beckham (name)

克里斯汀·贝尔
kè lǐ sī tīng · bèi ěr

Christian Bale (1974-), English actor

坎贝尔
kǎn bèi ěr

Campbell (name)

丹贝
dān bèi

see 天貝|天贝[tiān bèi]

非阿贝尔
fēi ā bèi ěr

(math.) non-abelian

贝克
bèi kè

Baker or Becker (name)

心肝宝贝
xīn gān bǎo bèi

precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart

贝叶
bèi yè

pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

额勒贝格·道尔吉
é lè bèi gé · dào ěr jí

Elbegdorj Tsakhia or Tsakhia-giin Elbegdorj (1963-), Mongolian US educated Democratic Party politician, president of Mongolia from 2009

哈克贝利·芬历险记
hā kè bèi lì · fēn lì xiǎn jì

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温[mǎ kè · tǔ wēn]

神奇宝贝
shén qí bǎo bèi

Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga

马氏珍珠贝
mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi

pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)

切尔诺贝利
qiē ěr nuò bèi lì

Chernobyl

鼓打贝斯
gǔ dǎ bèi sī

drum and bass (music genre)

贝加莱
bèi jiā lái

B&R Industrial Automation International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

贝塔
bèi tǎ

beta (Greek letter Ββ)

诺贝尔文学奖
nuò bèi ěr wén xué jiǎng

Nobel Prize in Literature

贝类
bèi lèi

shellfish

贝母
bèi mǔ

the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)

贝叶斯
bèi yè sī

Bayes (name)

贝多芬
bèi duō fēn

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer

贝尔格莱德
bèi ěr gé lái dé

Belgrade, capital of Serbia

斯坦贝克
sī tǎn bèi kè

John Steinbeck (1902-1968), US novelist

贝拉
bèi lā

Beira, Mozambique

贝九
bèi jiǔ

Beethoven's Ninth

诺贝尔物理学奖
nuò bèi ěr wù lǐ xué jiǎng

Nobel Prize in Physics

达朗贝尔
dá lǎng bèi ěr

D'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician

贝鲁特
bèi lǔ tè

Beirut, capital of Lebanon

马尔贝克
mǎ ěr bèi kè

Malbec (grape type)

电贝斯
diàn bèi sī

electric bass (guitar)

贝尔
bèi ěr

Bell (person name)

小贝
xiǎo bèi

\Becks\, nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆[bèi kè hàn mǔ])

敖贝得
áo bèi dé

Obed (name)

辛贝特
xīn bèi tè

Shin Bet (Israel national security service)

荷莉·贝瑞
hé lì · bèi ruì

Halle Berry (1966-), US actress

亚的斯亚贝巴
yà dì sī yà bèi bā

Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia

贝斯吉他
bèi sī jí tā

bass guitar

贝娜齐尔·布托
bèi nà qí ěr · bù tuō

Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), Pakistani politician, daughter of executed former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and herself prime minister 1993-1996

黑贝
hēi bèi

see 黑背[hēi bèi]

贝丘
bèi qiū

shell mound

庞贝
páng bèi

Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy

贻贝
yí bèi

mussel

扇贝
shàn bèi

scallop (genus Pecten)

巴贝西亚原虫病
bā bèi xī yà yuán chóng bìng

babesiosis

呼伦贝尔市
hū lún bèi ěr shì

Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

贝雷帽
bèi léi mào

beret (loanword)

贝塔斯曼
bèi tǎ sī màn

Bertelsmann, German media company

贝利卡登
bèi lì kǎ dēng

Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork

呼伦贝尔
hū lún bèi ěr

Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia

贝聿铭
bèi yù míng

Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect

贝齿
bèi chǐ

pearly white teeth

贝果
bèi guǒ

bagel (loanword)

龙宫贝
lóng gōng bèi

Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan

贝多
bèi duō

pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

贝克勒尔
bèi kè lè ěr

becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)

孔斯贝格
kǒng sī bèi gé

Kongsberg (city in Norway)

贝加尔湖
bèi jiā ěr hú

Lake Baikal

陆贝
lù bèi

land snail

宝贝疙瘩
bǎo bèi gē da

(of a child) apple of one's eye

吕贝克
lǚ bèi kè

Lübeck, Germany

诺贝尔
nuò bèi ěr

Nobel (Prize)

贝尔莫潘
bèi ěr mò pān

Belmopan, capital of Belize

栉孔扇贝
zhì kǒng shàn bèi

Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop

穆加贝
mù jiā bèi

Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), Zimbabwean ZANU-PF politician, president of Zimbabwe 1987-2017

贝雕
bèi diāo

shell carving

贝柱
bèi zhù

the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops

梵册贝叶
fàn cè bèi yè

Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture

贝壳
bèi ké

shell

呼伦贝尔草原
hū lún bèi ěr cǎo yuán

Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia

护贝机
hù bèi jī

laminating machine

贝纳通
bèi nà tōng

Benetton, clothes company

分贝
fēn bèi

decibel

贝宝
bèi bǎo

PayPal (Internet payment and money transfer company)

贝·布托
bèi · bù tuō

Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), Pakistani politician, daughter of executed former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and herself prime minister 1993-1996

哈贝尔
hā bèi ěr

Habel, Haber or Hubbell (name)

阿贝尔
ā bèi ěr

Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician

诺贝尔和平奖
nuò bèi ěr hé píng jiǎng

Nobel Peace Prize

干贝
gān bèi

conpoy

护贝膜
hù bèi mó

see 護貝膠膜|护贝胶膜[hù bèi jiāo mó]

坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠
kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ

Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)

贝克尔
bèi kè ěr

Baker or Becker (name)

拷贝
kǎo bèi

copy

贝叶经
bèi yè jīng

sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree

圣德克旭贝里
shèng dé kè xù bèi lǐ

(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry

贝努力
bèi nǔ lì

Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))

阿卡贝拉
ā kǎ bèi lā

a cappella (loanword)

贝娅特丽克丝
bèi yà tè lì kè sī

Beatrix (name)

贝卡谷地
bèi kǎ gǔ dì

Bekaa Valley between Lebanon and Syria

仙贝
xiān bèi

rice cracker

贝多罗树
bèi duō luó shù

Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media

贝尔湖
bèi ěr hú

Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia

卡门贝
kǎ mén bèi

camembert cheese

护贝胶膜
hù bèi jiāo mó

laminating pouch

约翰·拉贝
yuē hàn · lā bèi

John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period

贝司
bèi sī

bass (loanword)

贝叶棕
bèi yè zōng

pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

贝拉米
bèi lā mǐ

Bellamy

贝宁
bèi níng

Benin

贝卢斯科尼
bèi lú sī kē ní

Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011

诺贝尔奖
nuò bèi ěr jiǎng

Nobel Prize