被
bèi
Meaning
- 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)
- (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèi lǚ yóu to "go on a trip")
- quilt
- to cover (with)
- to suffer (a misfortune)
Example sentences
你会被杀的！
nǐ huì bèi shā de！
You will be killed!
我被问到我是不是要这么做。
wǒ bèi wèn dào wǒ shì bù shì yào zhè me zuò。
I was asked whether I wanted to do that.
如果被他知道我们在这里，他会杀了我们。
如果被他知道我們在這裡，他會殺了我們。
rú guǒ bèi tā zhī dao wǒ men zài zhè lǐ， tā huì shā le wǒ men。
If he knows that we're here he'll kill us.