被

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".

Words

• 被捕

  bèi bǔ

  to 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 zhǎng

  He was re-elected mayor.
• 想要被爱就得去爱。

  xiǎng yào bèi ài jiù de qù ài

  Love if you want to be loved!
• 这被认为是一件大事。

  zhè bèi rèn wéi shì yí jiàn dà shì

  This is considered to be a matter of great importance.
• 他被选为市长。

  tā bèi xuǎn wèi shì zhǎng

  He 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.