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bèi
HSK 2.0 Level 3
HSK 3.0 Level 3

Definitions

  • quilt
  • to cover (with)
  • (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  • 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)
  • (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 lu:3 yóu] to \go on a trip\, for example)