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被 bèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bèi | bei4
English translation
quilt
by
(indicates passive-voice clauses)
(literary) to cover
to meet with
bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"

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About 被 bèi

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HSK level

3

Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

被 bèi

Contains the radical

衤 yī

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

cloth

Etymology of 被 bèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰衤皮

Semantic compound

衤 yī

Phonetic compound

皮 Pí

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 yī represents the meaning and 皮 Pí represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 被 bèi

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好 hǎo 梦 mèng 一下子 yī xià zi 被 bèi 打 dá 散 sàn 了 le —— 他 tā 被 bèi 惊醒 jīng xǐng 过来 guò lái .

The dream had snapped asunder - he was awake.

他 tā 被 bèi 敲 qiāo 去 qù 十 shí 块 kuài 钱 Qián .

He was stung for ten yuan.

他 tā 被 bèi 人 rén 从 Cóng 房子 fáng zi 里 lǐ 拽 yè 了 le 出来 chū lái 塞 Sāi 进 jìn 一 yī 辆 liàng 汽车 qì chē .

He was yanked out of the house and bundled into a car.

老人 lǎo rén 的 de 遗嘱 yí zhǔ 已 yǐ 被 bèi 窜改 cuàn gǎi .

The old man's will has been tampered with.

海报 hǎi bào 被 bèi 撕 sī 成 Chéng 碎片 suì piàn .

The poster had been nipped to pieces.

Words with 被 bèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
被 bèi by被 bèi
被告 bèigào defendant被告 bèigào
被捕 bèi bǔ to be arrested被捕 bèi bǔ
被迫 bèi pò to be compelled被迫 bèi pò
被动 bèidòng passive被動
被子 bèizi quilt被子 bèizi
被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case)被告人 bèi gào rén
被害人 bèi hài rén victim被害人 bèi hài rén
被窝 bèi wō quilt被窩
植被 zhí bèi vegetation植被 zhí bèi
棉被 mián bèi comforter棉被 mián bèi
被害者 bèi hài zhě victim (of a wounding or murder)被害者 bèi hài zhě
被套 bèi tào quilt cover被套 bèi tào
被单 bèi dān (bed) sheet被單
被褥 bèi rù bedding被褥 bèi rù
包被 bāo bèi peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)包被 bāo bèi
聪明反被聪明误 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù too smart for one's own good聰明反被聰明誤
被面 bèi miàn quilt被面 bèi miàn
花被 huā bèi perianth (common term for calyx and corolla)花被 huā bèi

被 bèi Decomposition & Compounds

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