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被

bèi · bei

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. 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)
  5. (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")
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Where is your bike?

  1. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)自行车(zìxíngchē)呢(ne)？

    Where is your bike?

  2. Dengdeng

    被(bèi)人(rén)骑走(qízǒu)了(le)！

    Someone rode it away!

  3. Liangliang

    被(bèi)谁(shéi)骑走(qízǒu)了(le)？你(nǐ)看到(kàndào)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Who rode it away? Did you see?

  4. Dengdeng

    看到(kàndào)了(le)，被(bèi)我(wǒ)妈(mā)骑走(qízǒu)了(le)。

    I did. My mom rode it away.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)别(bié)急(jí)，她(tā)买完(mǎiwán)菜(cài)就(jiù)回来(huílai)了(le)。

    Then don't worry, she'll be back after the groceries.

  6. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)她(tā)刚才(gāngcái)发(fā)消息(xiāoxi)：被(bèi)朋友(péngyou)叫去(jiàoqù)喝茶(hēchá)了(le)。

    But she just texted: a friend called her over for tea.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

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.

Tatoeba: Chinese by carloszo · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

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.

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