被动 Chinese English dictionary 被动 translate 被动 pinyin

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被动

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
被动 bèidòng	被动 \| 被动* \| *被动	passive	被動 HSK 5

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
被	被 \| 被* \| *被	10画衣衤 + 5	bèi, pī, bì, pì	passive indicator 'by'; bedding	bei6	3424.7 LDHE


动	动 \| 动* \| *动	6画力 + 4	dòng	move, happen; movement, action	dung6	動 1472 MIKS

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
被动 bèidòng	被动 \| 被动* \| *被动	passive


被 bèi	被 \| 被* \| *被	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 to "go on a trip")


动　dòng	动 \| 动* \| *动	(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞｜动词, verb