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被

bèi

quilt

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Meaning of 被 in English

bèiHSK 3prepositionSyllabus #519
  1. quilt
  2. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  3. used 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)
  4. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
  5. to cover (with)

Example sentences

  1. 他被那个女人吸引住了。
    tā bèi nà ge nǚ rén xī yǐn zhù le。
    He was attracted to the woman.
    Tatoeba #375328 by fucongcong · #291252 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 昨晚我的自行车被偷了。
    zuó wǎn wǒ de zì xíng chē bèi tōu le。
    My bike was stolen last night.
    Tatoeba #334530 by fucongcong · #386697 by Mouseneb · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 汤姆需要被告知怎么做。
    tāng mǔ xū yào bèi gào zhī zěn me zuò。
    Tom needs to be told what to do.
    Tatoeba #9965677 by GlossaMatik · #6263230 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 被

被子HSK 5被动HSK 6被迫HSK 6被告HSK 7–9

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