| 被 | [ beì ] quilt, by, (indicates passive-voice clauses), (literary) to cover, to meet with, (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bei4 zi4 sha1]) |
| 被上訴人 | [ beì shàng sù rén ] appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side) |
| 被侵害 | [ beì qīn haì ] stricken |
| 被保人 | [ beì baǒ rén ] insured person, insurance policyholder |
| 被優化掉 | [ beì yoū huà ] lit. to be optimized away, to be fired, to be the victim of downsizing |
| 被剝削者 | [ beì bō xuē zhě ] person suffering exploitation, the workers in Marxist theory |
| 被動 | [ beì dòng ] passive |
| 被動免疫 | [ beì dòng miǎn yì ] passive immunity |
| 被動吸煙 | [ beì dòng xī yān ] second-hand smoking, passive smoking |
| 被告 | [ beì gaò ] defendant |
| 被告人 | [ beì gaò rén ] defendant (in legal case) |
| 被和諧 | [ beì hé xié ] to be "harmonized" i.e. censored |
| 被單 | [ beì dān ] (bed) sheet, envelope for a padded coverlet, CL:床[chuang2] |
| 被執行人 | [ beì zhí xíng rén ] (law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement (e.g. to pay compensation to sb) |
| 被套 | [ beì taò ] quilt cover, to have money stuck (in stocks, real estate etc) |
| 被子 | [ beì zi ] quilt, CL:床[chuang2] |
| 被子植物 | [ beì zǐ zhí wù ] angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) |
| 被子植物門 | [ beì zǐ zhí wù mén ] angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) |
| 被害人 | [ beì haì rén ] victim |
| 被害者 | [ beì haì zhě ] victim (of a wounding or murder) |
| 被捕 | [ beì bǔ ] to be arrested, under arrest |
| 被控 | [ beì kòng ] the accused (in a trial) |
| 被旅遊 | [ beì lǚ yoú ] (coll.) (of a dissident) to be taken on a tour, ostensibly a vacation, but actually a trip organized by the authorities where one's every move is watched |
| 被服 | [ beì fú ] bedding and clothing |
| 被毛 | [ beì maó ] coat (of an animal) |
| 被爆者 | [ beì baò zhě ] survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| 被物化 | [ beì wù huà ] objectified |
| 被疑者 | [ beì yí zhě ] suspect (in criminal investigation) |
| 被窩 | [ beì wō ] quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding), (contemporary) bedding, quilt, blankets, cover, bed |
| 被窩兒 | [ beì wō ] erhua variant of 被窩|被窝[bei4 wo1] |
| 被綁 | [ beì bǎng ] kidnap victim, kidnapped (person) |
| 被臥 | [ beì wo ] quilt, cover |
| 被自殺 | [ beì zì shā ] a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities |
| 被褥 | [ beì rù ] bedding, bedclothes |
| 被訪者 | [ beì fǎng zhě ] respondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc) |
| 被譯 | [ beì yì ] translated |
| 被迫 | [ beì pò ] to be compelled, to be forced |
| 被選舉權 | [ beì xuǎn jǔ quán ] the right to be elected, the right to stand for election |
| 被除數 | [ beì chú shù ] dividend |
| 被面 | [ beì miàn ] quilt |
| ⇒ 一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩 | [ yī nián beì shé yaǒ shí nián pà jǐng shéng ] bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy |
| ⇒ 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩 | [ yī zhaō beì shé yaǒ shí nián pà jǐng shéng ] once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope, once bitten, twice shy (idiom) |
| ⇒ 包被 | [ baō beì ] peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs) |
| ⇒ 原被告 | [ yuán beì gaò ] plaintiff and defendant, prosecution and defense (lawyers) |
| ⇒ 墊被 | [ diàn beì ] mattress |
| ⇒ 失信被執行人 | [ shī xìn beì zhí xíng rén ] (law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so), debt dodger |
| ⇒ 棉被 | [ mián beì ] comforter, quilt, CL:條|条[tiao2],面[mian4] |
| ⇒ 植被 | [ zhí beì ] vegetation, plant cover |
| ⇒ 聰明反被聰明誤 | [ cōng míng fǎn beì cōng míng wù ] a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself, too smart for one's own good |
| ⇒ 花被 | [ huā beì ] perianth (common term for calyx and corolla), border and protecting envelope of a flower |
