背景

Chinese
 
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

Noun

背景

  1. background
  2. backdrop
  3. context
    社會背景 / 社会背景  ―  shèhuì bèijǐng  ―  social context

Derived terms

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

Pronunciation

Noun

背景 (hiragana はいけい, rōmaji haikei)

  1. background

Descendants

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

Korean
Hanja in this term
背景

Noun

背景 • (baegyeong) (hangeul 배경)

  1. Hanja form? of 배경 (“background”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
背景

Noun

背景

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