被
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 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,373 U+88AB
How 被 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
衤 (semantic, “cloth”) + 皮 (phonetic, pí)
How to remember it
quilt · Heisig RSH #711
cloak + 皮 covering
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 皮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 皮 (pí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮 sound component | pí | skin, hide, fur, feathers |
| 波 | bō | waves, ripples, breakers; undulations |
| 破 | pò | to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy |
| 坡 | pō | slope, hillside, embankment |
| 彼 | bǐ | that, those, the other |
| 玻 | bō | glass |
| 疲 | pí | weak, tired, exhausted |
| 颇 | pō | rather, quite; partial, biased |
| 陂 | bēi | dam, embankment; reservoir |
| 簸 | bǒ | dustpan; to winnow, to toss |
| 跛 | bǒ | lame |
| 帔 | pèi | cape, robe, skirt |
| 铍 | pí | beryllium |
Words containing 被
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被动收入 | bèi dòng shōu rù | (finance) passive income |
| 被物化 | bèi wù huà | objectified |
| 失信被执行人 | shī xìn bèi zhí xíng rén | (law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a wri… |
| 被子植物门 | bèi zǐ zhí wù mén | angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) |
| 被加数 | bèi jiā shù | augend; addend |
| 被保人 | bèi bǎo rén | insured person; insurance policyholder |
| 被保险人 | bèi bǎo xiǎn rén | insured party; the person or entity covered under an insurance policy |
| 被自杀 | bèi zì shā | a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities |
| 被子植物 | bèi zǐ zhí wù | angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) |
| 被执行人 | bèi zhí xíng rén | (law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement (e.g. … |
| 被动吸烟 | bèi dòng xī yān | second-hand smoking; passive smoking |
| 被告人 | bèi gào rén | defendant (in legal case) |
| 被子 | bèi zi | blanket; quilt; CL:條|条[tiao2],床[chuang2] |
| 被上诉人 | bèi shàng sù rén | appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side) |
| 被动 | bèi dòng | passive |
| 花被 | huā bèi | perianth (common term for calyx and corolla); border and protecting envelope of a flower |
| 被害人 | bèi hài rén | victim |
| 被除数 | bèi chú shù | dividend (math.) |
| 被面 | bèi miàn | quilt |
| 被选举权 | bèi xuǎn jǔ quán | the right to be elected; the right to stand for election |