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贝
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Definitions
- 1. cowrie
- 2. shellfish
- 3. currency (archaic)
Words Containing 贝
Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland
Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt
Bell Labs
kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
cowrie
Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
treasured object
Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
tempeh (loanword)
nickname for Victoria Beckham
Beckenham or Beckham (name)
Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
Campbell (name)
see 天貝|天贝[tiān bèi]
(math.) non-abelian
Baker or Becker (name)
precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
Elbegdorj Tsakhia or Tsakhia-giin Elbegdorj (1963-), Mongolian US educated Democratic Party politician, president of Mongolia from 2009
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温[mǎ kè · tǔ wēn]
Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga
pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
Chernobyl
drum and bass (music genre)
B&R Industrial Automation International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
beta (Greek letter Ββ)
Nobel Prize in Literature
shellfish
the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)
Bayes (name)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
Belgrade, capital of Serbia
John Steinbeck (1902-1968), US novelist
Beira, Mozambique
Beethoven's Ninth
Nobel Prize in Physics
D'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician
Beirut, capital of Lebanon
Malbec (grape type)
electric bass (guitar)
Bell (person name)
\Becks\, nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆[bèi kè hàn mǔ])
Obed (name)
Shin Bet (Israel national security service)
Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
bass guitar
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), Pakistani politician, daughter of executed former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and herself prime minister 1993-1996
see 黑背[hēi bèi]
shell mound
Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
mussel
scallop (genus Pecten)
babesiosis
Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
beret (loanword)
Bertelsmann, German media company
Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork
Hulunbuir prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia
Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect
pearly white teeth
bagel (loanword)
Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
Kongsberg (city in Norway)
Lake Baikal
land snail
(of a child) apple of one's eye
Lübeck, Germany
Nobel (Prize)
Belmopan, capital of Belize
Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop
Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), Zimbabwean ZANU-PF politician, president of Zimbabwe 1987-2017
shell carving
the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops
Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
shell
Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
laminating machine
Benetton, clothes company
decibel
PayPal (Internet payment and money transfer company)
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), Pakistani politician, daughter of executed former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and herself prime minister 1993-1996
Habel, Haber or Hubbell (name)
Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
Nobel Peace Prize
conpoy
see 護貝膠膜|护贝胶膜[hù bèi jiāo mó]
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
Baker or Becker (name)
copy
sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))
a cappella (loanword)
Beatrix (name)
Bekaa Valley between Lebanon and Syria
rice cracker
Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia
camembert cheese
laminating pouch
John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
bass (loanword)
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
Bellamy
Benin
Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011
Nobel Prize