被
Traditional form:
被
Pinyin (reading):
bèi
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 (bèilüyǒu) to "go on a trip")
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