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bèi
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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門突然 Mike 門啟了。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 345977)

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Words Containing 被

被自杀
bèi zì shā

a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities

被爆者
bèi bào zhě

survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

被动吸烟
bèi dòng xī yān

second-hand smoking

被困
bèi kùn

to be trapped; to be stranded

被疑者
bèi yí zhě

suspect (in criminal investigation)

被旅游
bèi lǚ yóu

(coll.) (of a dissident) to be taken on a tour, ostensibly a vacation, but actually a trip organized by the authorities where one's every move is watched

被害人
bèi hài rén

victim

被褥
bèi rù

bedding

被告
bèi gào

defendant

聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù

a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself

被除数
bèi chú shù

dividend (math.)

被面
bèi miàn

quilt

被译
bèi yì

translated

被控
bèi kòng

the accused (in a trial)

被和谐
bèi hé xié

to be \harmonized\ i.e. censored

花被
huā bèi

perianth (common term for calyx and corolla)

被窝
bèi wō

quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding)

被乘数
bèi chéng shù

multiplicand

包被
bāo bèi

peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)

被子植物门
bèi zǐ zhí wù mén

angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)

被套
bèi tào

quilt cover

被服
bèi fú

bedding and clothing

被优化掉
bèi yōu huà diào

to be made redundant

被上诉人
bèi shàng sù rén

appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)

被执行人
bèi zhí xíng rén

(law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement (e.g. to pay compensation to sb)

被动免疫
bèi dòng miǎn yì

passive immunity

被单
bèi dān

(bed) sheet

被加数
bèi jiā shù

augend; addend

被卧
bèi wo

quilt

植被
zhí bèi

vegetation

被剥削者
bèi bō xuē zhě

person suffering exploitation

原被告
yuán bèi gào

plaintiff and defendant

一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope

失信被执行人
shī xìn bèi zhí xíng rén

(law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so)

被迫
bèi pò

to be compelled

被物化
bèi wù huà

objectified

被毛
bèi máo

coat (of an animal)

被选举权
bèi xuǎn jǔ quán

the right to be elected

被害者
bèi hài zhě

victim (of a wounding or murder)

被子植物
bèi zǐ zhí wù

angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)

被减数
bèi jiǎn shù

(math.) minuend

垫被
diàn bèi

mattress

棉被
mián bèi

comforter

被子
bèi zi

quilt

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng

bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

被动
bèi dòng

passive

被保人
bèi bǎo rén

insured person

被侵害
bèi qīn hài

stricken

被访者
bèi fǎng zhě

respondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc)

被告人
bèi gào rén

defendant (in legal case)

被捕
bèi bǔ

to be arrested