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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 被子
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 被子 | bèi zi | - blanket; quilt - CL:條|条[tiao2],床[chuang2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 10,116 | 6,252 | 2,638 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 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") |
| 子 | zǐ | - son - child - seed - egg - small thing - 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat - viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] - ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) - subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 | zi | - (noun suffix) |