Don't be fooled.
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被
bèi
HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 3
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bèi · bei6 (Jyutping)
- 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[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
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Character breakdown
被
- Meaning
- passive indicator 'by'; bedding
- Radical
- 衤
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰衤皮
- Cangjie
- LDHE
- Four-corner
- 3424.7
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Example sentences
You've been had.
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