后备 meaning in English

hòubèi

reserve; backup

HSK 7-9adjectivenounTraditional 後備14 strokes

Meaning of 后备

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hòubèi
  1. reserve; backup

后备 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

后hòu备bèi箱xiāng内nèi有yǒu具jù尸shī体tǐ。
There's a body in the trunk of the car.
我wǒ打dǎ开kāi了le后hòu备bèi箱xiāng。
I opened the trunk.
后hòu备bèi箱xiāng满mǎn了le。
The trunk is full.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

后 hòu · back · 6 strokes

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备 bèi · to prepare · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 后备.

准备zhǔnbèipreparation; to prepare
最后zuìhòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie
后边hòubianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
然后ránhòuthen; after that; afterwards
以后yǐhòuafter; later
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
今后jīnhòuhereafter; henceforth
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
背后bèihòubehind; at the back
设备shèbèiequipment; facilities; installations
后果hòuguǒconsequences; aftermath

Questions about 后备

What does 后备 mean?

后备 (hòubèi) means "reserve; backup" and is used as a adjective and noun.

How do you write 后备?

后备 is made of 2 characters: 后 (6 strokes), 备 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 后备 an HSK word?

Yes. 后备 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 后备 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 后备 is written 後備.