ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
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n.quilt
棉被
cotton-wadded quilt
毛巾被
towelling coverlet
鸭绒被
eiderdown quilt
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prep.(used in a passive sentence to indicate that the subject is the object of the action)
她被选为代表。
She was elected a representative.
病人拥被而坐。
The patient sat wrapped in a quilt.
昨天旷工的工人被暂时停职。
The workers who abstained from work yesterday have been suspended.
synonym
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v.fmlcover
被覆
cover
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v.encounter; suffer
被灾
suffer from a disaster
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auxiliary word(used before a verb to form a passive phrase) by
被骗
be deceived
被捕
be arrested
Words and phrases with 被
- 被毁[word]be destroyed
- 被遗忘[word]pass into silence
- 被选举权[word]right of a citizen to be elected deputy to a state organ of power, or to hold a certain post; right of a member of an organization to be elected its representative or leader
- 被告[word]defendant
- 被害人[word]victim
- 被告方[word]defence
- 被动[word]passive; unfavorable
- 被害[word]be killed
- 被保险人[word]the insured; policy holder
- 被灾蒙祸[idiom]suffer disaster
- 被山带河[idiom]be surrounded by hills and rivers
Word usage
- NoteTo express passivity in Chinese, the word "被" can be omitted. Sometimes it is expressed by the subject sentence without "被" (such as "豆浆卖完了"), and sometimes it is expressed with words such as "给", "叫", "让", "加以", "得到", "受" and "挨".