被 bèi

1. bèi preposition by
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Passive 被动
   Notes: 被 indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses and usually conveys a sense of adversity, for example 被骂 'was scolded' (CC-CEDICT '被'; Guoyu '被' particle; Kroll 2015 '被' 4a, p. 13; Sun 2006, loc. 2193; Unihan '被'; XHZD '被' 3, p. 30)
2. bèi noun a quilt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 被子 (CC-CEDICT '被'; Guoyu '被' n 1; Kroll 2015 '被' 1, p. 13; XHZD '被' 1, p. 30)
3. bèi verb to cover
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 被覆 (CC-CEDICT '被'; Guoyu '被' v 1; Kroll 2015 '被' 2a, p. 13; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 523; XHZD '被' 2, p. 30)
4. bèi noun a cape
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '被' 2, p. 13)
5. bèi verb to put over the top of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 配上 (Guoyu '被' v 4; Kroll 2015 '被' 2b, p. 13)
6. bèi verb to reach
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 及 or 达到 (Guoyu '被' v 3; Kroll 2015 '被' 3, p. 13)
7. bèi verb to encounter; to be subject to; to incur
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 遭遇 (Guoyu '被' v 2; Kroll 2015 '被' 4, p. 13)
8. bèi adverb because
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 因为 (Guoyu '被' adv)
9. bèi proper noun Bei
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '被' n 2)
10. pī verb to drape over
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in wearing a cape over the shoulders; as a variant of 披 (Guoyu '被' pī v 2; Kroll 2015 '被' pī, p. 13; XHZD '被' pī, p. 30)
11. pī verb to scatter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 披 (Guoyu '被' pī v 1)

Contained in

• 被执行人(被執行人) person who has failed to fulfill a court order
• 被酒 to be drunk
• 被犀甲 we don our breast-plates of hide
• 白发被两鬢(白髮被兩鬢) white hair covers my temples
• 被告人 defendant (in legal case)
• 光被四表 merit that shines in all directions
• 被优化掉(被優化掉) to be optimized away; to be fired; to be the victim of downsizing
• 被控 to be accused of; to be charged of ; to be controlled
• 被服 bedding and clothing
• 被爆者 survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• 被旅游 (of a dissident) to be taken on a tour, ostensibly a vacation, but actually a trip organized by the authorities where one's every move is watched
• 被绑(被綁) kidnap victim
• 被动吸烟(被動吸煙) second-hand smoking; passive smoking
• 被访者(被訪者) respondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc)
• 被害人 victim
• 被保人 insured person; insurance policyholder
• 花被 perianth (common term for calyx and corolla); border and protecting envelope of a flower
• 被发左衽(被髮左衽) dishevelled hair and half dressed
• 植被 vegetation; plant cover
• 被动态(被動態) passive mode
• 被套 quilt cover; to have money stuck (in stocks, real estate etc)
• 未来被动分词(未來被動分詞) future passive participle
• 被甲 to put on armor
• 聪明反被聪明误(聰明反被聰明誤) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself
• 被迫 to be compelled; to be forced
• 被物化 objectified
• 过去被动分词(過去被動分詞) past passive participle
• 被疑者 suspect (in criminal investigation)
• 棉被 comforter; quilt
• 被告 defendant
• 被除数(被除數) dividend
• 被上诉人(被上訴人) appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)
• 被甲兵 wearing armor and carying a weapon
• 被覆 to cover; to hide
• 被剥削者(被剝削者) person suffering exploitation
• 被动语态(被動語態) passive voice
• 被动免疫(被動免疫) passive immunity
• 原被告 plaintiff and defendant; prosecution and defense (lawyers)
• 被剥削阶级(被剝削階級) exploited class
• 被窝儿(被窩兒) quilt wrapped around the body
• 垫被(墊被) mattress
• 被单(被單) (bed) sheet; envelope for a padded coverlet
• 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳(一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩) once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope; once bitten, twice shy
• 被侵害 stricken
• 被捕 to be arrested; under arrest
• 被译(被譯) translated
• 被和谐(被和諧) to be harmonized i.e. censored
• 被褥 bedding; bedclothes
• 被害者 victim (of a wounding or murder)
• 被自杀(被自殺) a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities

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