背影

bèiyǐng

noun HSK 7-9 #23,149

Measure Word

一个背影 gè

Meanings

1 rear view
2 figure seen from behind
3 silhouette of a person's back

Characters

shadow; figure; silhouette

Examples

HSK 5

我看着他的背影渐渐消失在人群中。

Wǒ kàn zhe tā de bèiyǐng jiànjiàn xiāoshī zài rénqún zhōng.

I watched his figure from behind gradually disappear into the crowd.

HSK 7-9

母亲的背影让我心里很不是滋味。

Mǔqīn de bèiyǐng ràng wǒ xīnli hěn búshì zīwèi.

The sight of my mother's back filled me with a strange feeling of sadness.

In Pop Culture

背影 Bèiyǐng

Essay by Zhu Ziqing (朱自清), 1925. Describes his father's figure seen from behind while buying him oranges at a train station; one of the most celebrated pieces of modern Chinese prose.

Stroke Order

背 bēi

影 yǐng