Character data

HSK 3

FREQUENCY 154th character

RADICAL ⾐ (145.5)

STROKES 10

INDEX # 2118

被 bèi

(indicates passive-voice clauses); by; quilt

HSK 3 #154

被 bèi

1. (indicates passive-voice clauses)
2. by
3. quilt
4. (literary) to cover
5. to meet with
6. (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自杀bèi zì shā)

Word	Meaning
被子 bèi zi HSK 5	quilt
被告 bèi gào HSK 6	defendant
被动 bèi dòng HSK 6	passive
被捕 bèi bǔ	to be arrested; under arrest
被迫 bèi pò	to be forced; to be compelled
被害人 bèi hài rén	victim
被告人 bèi gào rén	defendant (in legal case)
被害者 bèi hài zhě	victim (of a wounding or murder)
被单 bèi dān	(bed) sheet; envelope for a padded coverlet
被窝 bèi wō	(contemporary) bedding; quilt; blankets
植被 zhí bèi	vegetation; plant cover
被套 bèi tào	quilt cover
被褥 bèi rù	bedding; bedclothes
棉被 mián bèi	quilt; comforter
聪明反被聪明误 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù	too clever and harmed by own cleverness
垫被 diàn bèi	mattress
被子植物 bèi zǐ zhí wù	angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
被除数 bèi chú shù	dividend
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳 yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng	once hurt, always scared; once bitten, twice shy
一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩 yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng	once bitten, twice shy; fear after bad hurt
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo ， shí nián pà jǐng shéng	once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩 yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo ， shí nián pà jǐng shéng	once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
包被 bāo bèi	peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)
原被告 yuán bèi gào	plaintiff and defendant; prosecution and defense (lawyers)
墊被 diàn bèi	mattress

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