被
HSK3
Simplified
被
Traditional
被
Pinyin
bèi
Definition
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 被旅游 to "go on a trip")
他被雨淋湿了
Tā bèi yǔ lín shīle
He got soaked by the rain
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