Dictionary/被

被

bèi

ㄅㄟˋ
PrepHSK 3TOCFL L1core 10k
1quilt
2to cover (with)
3(literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
4used 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 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")

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Example

tā她bèi被jiē shòu接受liǎo了。
她被接受了。
She got accepted.