被
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 被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
Characters used
Examples499
每个
Every student was asked one question.
它们
How soon can they be delivered?
我
I was asked whether I wanted to do that.
我
I was asked to wait here.
我们
We've been asked to not do this anymore.
警察
The police are believed to have arrested the wrong woman.