被 - bèi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 3 - Medium
10 strokes
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被

bèi

Definition

by (indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses)
我的字典被同桌拿走了。

My dictionnary was taken by my deskmate.
quilt
suffer
to cover

Character Decomposition

Related words (42)

passive

(bed) sheet; envelope for a padded coverlet

quilt; cover

defendant

quilt cover; to have money stuck (in stocks, real estate etc)

blanket; quilt

to be arrested; under arrest

被控

bèi kòng

the accused (in a trial)

coat (of an animal)

forbidden; proscribed

被窝

bèi wō

quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding); (contemporary) bedding; quilt; blankets; cover; bed

被绑

bèi bǎng

kidnap victim; kidnapped (person)

bedding; bedclothes

translated

to be compelled; to be forced

quilt

stricken

insured person; insurance policyholder

被告人

bèi gào rén

defendant (in legal case)

被和谐

bèi hé xié

to be "harmonized" i.e. censored

victim

victim (of a wounding or murder)

被拉爆

bèi lā bào

dropped (while cycling)

forfeit

survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

被疑者

bèi yí zhě

suspect (in criminal investigation)

被自杀

bèi zì shā

a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities

被访者

bèi fǎng zhě

respondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc)

dividend

appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)

被优化掉

bèi yōu huà diào

(lit.) to be optimized away; to be fired; to be the victim of downsizing

被剥削者

bèi bō xuē zhě

person suffering exploitation; the workers in Marxist theory

passive immunity

second-hand smoking; passive smoking

被子植物

bèi zǐ zhí wù

angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)

被子植物门

bèi zǐ zhí wù mén

angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)

包被

bāo bèi

peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)

mattress

comforter; quilt

vegetation; plant cover

花被

huā bèi

perianth (common term for calyx and corolla); border and protecting envelope of a flower

原被告

yuán bèi gào

plaintiff and defendant; prosecution and defense (lawyers)

Idioms (2)

聪明反被聪明误

cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù

a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳

yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng

once bitten twice shy; bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom)

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