被

bèi

HSK 3 介

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Meaning 释义

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

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In real sentences 真实例句

你nǐ被bèi老师lǎoshī骂mà了le吗ma？

Were you scolded by your teacher?

Tatoeba #373174

女人nǚrén为什么wèishénme想xiǎng被bèi男人nánrén抱bào着zhe睡觉shuìjiào？

Why do women want to sleep in a man's embrace?

Tatoeba #735297

对不起duìbuqǐ，这zhè位子wèizi是否shìfǒu被bèi人家rénjiā占zhàn了le？

Excuse me, is this seat taken?

Tatoeba #895615

被bèi挑tiāo出来chūlái的de孛bèi荠jì怎么zěnme煮zhǔ着zhe吃chī？

How should we cook the selected water shield?

Tatoeba #1406276

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Related words 相关词

别 bié HSK 2 快 kuài HSK 2 叫 jiào HSK 1 别人 bié ren HSK 3 别的 bié de HSK 3 快乐 kuài lè HSK 2 夫人 fū ren HSK 6 身体 shēn tǐ HSK 2

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