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 (41)

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

被窩

bèi wō

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

被綁

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)

被和諧

bèi hé xié

to be "harmonized" i.e. censored

victim

victim (of a wounding or murder)

forfeit

survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

被疑者

bèi yí zhě

suspect (in criminal investigation)

被自殺

bèi zì shā

a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities

被訪者

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)

被優化掉

bèi yōu huà diào

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

被剝削者

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)

被子植物門

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)

聰明反被聰明誤

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繩

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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