被
Quick Facts
Section titled “Quick Facts”- Pinyin: bèi
- Traditional: 被
- HSK: new-3
- Part of speech: p / g / d
Meanings
Section titled “Meanings”- 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”, for example)