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
trad. (背景)		背	景
simp. ^#(背景)		背	景

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 背(はい)景(けい) (haikei),^[1] first attested in 《物質變動與道德變動》 by Li Dazhao in 1919.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèijǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ ging²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): poi-kín
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pōe-kéng / pòe-kéng

(Teochew, Peng'im): buê³ gêng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèijǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèijǐng
  - Wade–Giles: pei⁴-ching³
  - Yale: bèi-jǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyjiing
  - Palladius: бэйцзин (bɛjczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bui³ ging²
  - Yale: bui gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ ging²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bui³ ging²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ kɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: poi-kín
  - Hakka Romanization System: boi gin^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: boi⁴ gin³
  - Sinological IPA: /poi̯⁵⁵ kin³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: puē-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poexkeang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pue²²⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pue³³⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòe-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: puè-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poea'keang
  - IPA (Taipei): /pue¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: buê³ gêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puè kéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

背景

background
backdrop
context
社會背景／社会背景 ― shèhuì bèijǐng ― social context
powerful connections

Derived terms

有背景
背景音樂 / 背景音乐 (bèijǐng yīnyuè)

Related terms

佈景／布景 (bùjǐng)
前景 (qiánjǐng)
遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)

References

^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 129

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はいけー [hàíkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ike̞ː]

Noun

背(はい)景(けい) • (haikei)

background
Antonyms: 前景 (zenkei), 近景 (kinkei)

Descendants

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
背	景

Noun

背景 • (baegyeong) (hangeul 배경)

hanja form^? of 배경 (“background”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
背	景

Noun

背景

chữ Hán form of bối cảnh (“background”)

[1] 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 129

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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