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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 被
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 被 | bèi | - 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 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 65 | 45 | 63 |
Other Words Containing 被
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 被 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 45 | 63 |
| 被捕 | - | 7 | 1,907 | 10,536 | 16,824 |
| 被告 | 6 | 6 | 2,424 | 4,864 | 16,422 |
| 被迫 | - | 4 | 4,267 | 5,454 | 7,521 |
| 被害人 | - | - | 4,930 | 12,365 | 24,533 |
| 被告人 | - | - | 8,003 | 7,324 | 24,746 |
| 被害者 | - | - | 9,866 | 52,298 | 46,760 |
| 被子 | 5 | 3 | 10,116 | 6,252 | 2,638 |
| 被动 | 6 | 5 | 12,557 | 5,699 | 8,652 |
| 被单 | - | - | 19,489 | 35,076 | 23,422 |
| 被窝 | - | - | 23,942 | 7,153 | 2,452 |
| 植被 | - | - | 29,833 | 13,371 | 28,365 |
| 被套 | - | - | 32,604 | 23,683 | 15,578 |
| 被褥 | - | - | 34,912 | 27,460 | 27,311 |
| 棉被 | - | - | 39,018 | 17,180 | 11,769 |
| 聪明反被聪明误 | - | - | 39,727 | 76,496 | 47,368 |
| 被除数 | - | - | 75,507 | - | - |
| 垫被 | - | - | 95,611 | - | - |
| 被子植物 | - | - | 95,958 | - | - |