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Definitions
- 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 被旅游bèi lǚ yóu to \go on a trip\, for example)
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The agent (doer) must follow 被, but it can be omitted if unknown or unimportant: 他被（人）打了。
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In Chinese, the thing that receives the action can simply be the subject, with no 被: 作业做完了 means “the homework is done”.
In advanced 把 sentences the subject can be a thing or event (一场大雨把衣服淋湿了), and the object after 把 can be the person who ends up laughing, worrying or tired (这个笑话把大家都逗笑了).
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Compare 被, 让, and 给 in advanced passive sentences without flattening them into English.
Control object-fronting and passive sentences without treating them as decorations.
Use 把 to say what you do to something: where you put it (放在, 送到) or how it ends up (写完, 关上, 打扫得很干净).
Use 被 to say what happened to something, with or without saying who did it, and use 叫 and 让 for the same idea in casual speech.
Example Sentences
5 shown他 被 刺伤了。
他 被 指控盗窃了公司的重要文件。
他 被 绑架了三天后才 被 救出。
他 被 公司开除了。
他 被 一家大公司录用了。
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Words Containing 被
passive
defendant
quilt
to be arrested
to be compelled
bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)
plaintiff and defendant
mattress
(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)
comforter
vegetation
a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
perianth (common term for calyx and corolla)
appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)
multiplicand
stricken
insured person
to be made redundant
person suffering exploitation
augend; addend
passive immunity
second-hand smoking
defendant (in legal case)
to be \harmonized\ i.e. censored
(bed) sheet
to be trapped; to be stranded
(law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement (e.g. to pay compensation to sb)
quilt cover
angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
victim
victim (of a wounding or murder)
the accused (in a trial)
(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
bedding and clothing
coat (of an animal)
(math.) minuend
survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
suspect (in criminal investigation)
quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding)
quilt
a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities
bedding
respondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc)
translated
the right to be elected
dividend (math.)
quilt