被
动

Passive in Chinese: 被动 (bèi dòng)

bèi dòng

passive

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 被動1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1passive

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被
动

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄟˋ

bèi

ㄅ/ bㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄨㄥˋ

dòng

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

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被动

Simplified

被動

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 遇到问题时不要太被动。

    yù dào wèn tí shí bú yào tài bèi dòng。

    Don't be too passive when you run into problems.

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Related words

被

bèi

quilt

动

dòng

(of sth) to move

运动

yùn dòng

to move

动物

dòng wù

animal

动作

dòng zuò

movement

感动

gǎn dòng

to move (sb)

活动

huó dòng

to exercise

激动

jī dòng

to move emotionally

主动

zhǔ dòng

to take the initiative

被子

bèi zi

quilt

劳动

láo dòng

work

生动

shēng dòng

vivid

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