被

English Definitions

• 1.quilt
• 2.to cover (with)
• 3.(literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
• 4.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)
• 5.(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)

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