被
bèi
by: something is done to you; quilt
No. 99 most used
How it's built
- 衤clothes
- 皮skinGives the sound: pí
A way to remember it
Clothes (衤) over the skin (皮): a quilt, then "covered by".
Top 100 · accounts for 52% of everyday spoken Chinese · 0 of 100 known
Words
- 被捕bèi bǔto be arrested; under arrest
- 被告bèi gào(law) the defendant; the accused
Sentences
- 他再次被选为市长。tā zài cì bèi xuǎn wèi shì zhǎngHe was re-elected mayor.
- 想要被爱就得去爱。xiǎng yào bèi ài jiù de qù àiLove if you want to be loved!
- 这被认为是一件大事。zhè bèi rèn wéi shì yí jiàn dà shìThis is considered to be a matter of great importance.
- 他被选为市长。tā bèi xuǎn wèi shì zhǎngHe was elected mayor.
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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.