Chinese–EnglishWith examples

被

bèi · bei

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

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 (bèi lǚyóu) to "go on a trip")

2 examples

据(jù)我(wǒ)所(suǒ)知(zhī)，这(zhè)本(běn)书(shū)还(hái)没(méi)被(bèi)翻(fān)译(yì)成(chéng)日(rì)语(yǔ)。

As far as I know, this book has never been translated into Japanese.

我(wǒ)的(de)手(shǒu)机(jī)被(bèi)弟(dì)弟(di)摔(shuāi)坏(huài)了(le)。

My phone was dropped and broken by my little brother.

Stroke order & practice

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.