bèi

Meanings

  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. 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)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in to 'go on a trip')

Quick facts

Strokes
10
HSK Level
HSK 3
CEFR
B1

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