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被bèipassive marker

Theme
Grammar
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
10
Syllable
bei

How 被 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

被 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 被

Examples

他被老师表扬了。

Tā bèi lǎoshī biǎoyáng le.

He was praised by the teacher.

  • 他tāhe
  • 被bèipassive marker
  • 老师lǎoshīteacher
  • 表扬biǎo yángto praise
  • 了lecompleted action marker

我的书被他拿走了。

Wǒ de shū bèi tā ná zǒu le.

My book was taken away by him.

  • 我wǒI
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 书shūbook
  • 被bèipassive marker
  • 他tāhe
  • 拿náto take; to hold
  • 走zǒuto walk
  • 了lecompleted action marker

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 倍
  • 背
  • 本běnmeasure word for books