被 bèi▶ cover

Stroke order

被 is written in 10 strokes.

• 被

Senses

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)

Example sentences

• 被子在床上。Bèizi zài chuáng shàng.The quilt is on the bed.
• 请把被子给我。Qǐng bǎ bèizi gěi wǒ.Please give me the quilt.

Related words

• 被子quilt
• 被动passive
• 被告Defendant

被 is pronounced bèi and means “cover”.

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