被 (bèi) – quilt

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)

Example sentences

See 被 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

• 您被骗了。

  nín bèi piàn le 。

  You've been had.

• 你被騙了。

  nǐ bèi piàn le 。

  You've been deceived.

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