被

被 (radical 145, 衣+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中木竹水 (LDHE), four-corner 3424₇, composition ⿰衤皮)

• KangXi: page 1115, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34222
• Dae Jaweon: page 1580, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3085, character 11
• Unihan data for U+88AB

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bralʔ, *brals) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 皮 (OC *bral).

被

1. bedding; quilt; blanket (Classifier: 張／张 c; 領／领 mn)

   被子  ―  bèizi  ―  quilt

   被褥  ―  bèirù  ―  bedding, bedclothes

   墊被 / 垫被  ―  diànbèi  ―  mattress

2. ^† to cover

被

1. ^† to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune, etc.)
2. by

   我被蚊子咬了。  ―  Wǒ bèi wénzi yǎo le.  ―  I got bitten by mosquitoes.

3. Used before a verb to indicate passive voice.

   我的錶被偷了。 / 我的表被偷了。  ―  Wǒ de biǎo bèi tōu le.  ―  My watch has been stolen.

4. (neologism) passively

   被自殺 / 被自杀  ―  bèi zìshā  ―  to "be suicided"; to be killed by the authorities who then pass one's death off as suicide

   被就業 / 被就业  ―  bèi jiùyè  ―  to "be employed"; to falsify a graduate's employment status

5. A surname​.

• In a passive-voice sentence, 被 is placed after the subject and before the doer of the action. The doer of the action is placed before the verb or can be omitted.

被

1. Alternative form of 披 (pī, “to cover oneself”).

被

1. Alternative form of 髲 (“wig”).
2. Alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”).

被

1. Alternative form of 帔 (pèi).

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: おおう (ōu, 被う); かずく (kazuku, 被く); かずかる (kazukaru, 被かる); かずける (kazukeru, 被ける); かがふる (kagafuru, 被る); かぶる (kaburu, 被る); かぶす (kabusu, 被す); かぶさる (kabusaru, 被さる); かぶせる (kabuseru, 被せる); かむる (kamuru, 被る); こうぶる (kōburu, 被る); こうむる (kōmuru, 被る, Jōyō); きせる (kiseru, 被せる); ふすま (fusuma, 被)
• Nanori: ぎぬ (ginu)

From Middle Chinese 被 (bje^H, “to cover”), from the term's use in Chinese as a passive marker.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [çi]

被 (hiragana ひ, rōmaji hi-)

1. -ed, -ee (marks the passive recipient of an action)

   被 (ひ)傭 (よう)者 (しゃ)

   hiyōsha

   employee

   被 (ひ)験 (けん)者 (しゃ)

   hikensha

   examinee

   被 (ひ)減 (げん)数 (すう)

   higensū

   minuend (number which is reduced)

   被 (ひ)保護国 (ほごこく)

   hihogokoku

   protectorate (protected nation)

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 被う (ōu, “to cover”).[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おおい [òóí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) おおい​ [òóíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ːi]

被 (hiragana おおい, rōmaji ōi, historical hiragana おほい)

1. a covering
2. the act of covering something
3. (by extension) a protector or patron

被 • (pi) (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune–Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

被 (bị, bệ, bỡ, bự, bợ)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.