被(bèi): quilt
HSK 310 strokes
Readingsbèipī
quilt
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- bèi / pī
- 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 被旅游 to "go on a trip")
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 被 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 被 step by step
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Words with 被
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