Dictionary Entry: 被

quilt ꞏ to cover (with) ꞏ (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) ꞏ 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) ꞏ (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)