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bèi

HSK 3

Meaning

  • 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", for example)

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