被
bèipī HSK3

quilt, cover

被 bèi frequency
[passive] particlepreposition
Introduces the doer of an action to show that the subject is being acted upon; if no doer is mentioned, it is placed directly before the verb to indicate the passive voice.

他是被狗咬的。

tā shì bèi gǒu yǎo de.

He was bitten by a dog.

别被你的大脑欺骗了。

bié bèi nǐ de dà​nǎo qī​piàn le.

Do not be fooled by your brain.

quilt noun
A quilt or comforter used for bedding; (bound form) to cover with something.
to cover noun
(literary) To cover or spread over; to reach or extend to.
to suffer
To suffer from or be the victim of a misfortune; to sustain or be hit by something negative.
[sarcastic/forced]
Used jocularly or sarcastically before a verb or noun to indicate that an action was forced upon someone or is a false claim, often implying the use of air quotes.
surname Bei
a Chinese surname
被 pī
to drape
(literary) To drape over one's shoulders; to wear armor.
disheveled
(literary) To spread out; disheveled (of hair).

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Frequency
Character
Written text
154th most common 1389.7 per million
Movie subtitles
118th most common 1497.0 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1958.3 per million appears in 99% of films
Written text
1616.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+88AB

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)