被 in English bei4 Meaning

Meanings

  • quilt
  • by
  • (indicates passive-voice clauses)
  • (literary) to cover
  • to meet with
  • (informally) (since approximately 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how somebody or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bei4 zi4 sha1])

Simplified Characters

被

Traditional Characters

被

Pinyin

bei4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

被bei4quilt