被

Quilt in Chinese: 被 (bèi)

bèi

quilt

HSK 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1quilt
  2. 2to cover (with)
  3. 3(literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. 4used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. 5(since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example)

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被

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄟˋ

bèi

ㄅ/ bㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 您被骗了。

    nín bèi piàn le。

    You've been had.

  • 你被骗了。

    nǐ bèi piàn le。

    You've been deceived.

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Related words

被子

bèi zi

quilt

被迫

bèi pò

to be compelled

被动

bèi dòng

passive

被告

bèi gào

defendant

被捕

bèi bǔ

to be arrested

鼻子

bí zi

nose

比较

bǐ jiào

to compare

比赛

bǐ sài

competition (sports etc)

必须

bì xū

to have to

变化

biàn huà

(intransitive) to change

表示

biǎo shì

to express

表演

biǎo yǎn

play

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