被

Translingual

Han character

被 (radical 145 衣+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中木竹水 (LDHE), four-corner 3424₇, composition ⿰衤皮)

References

• 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

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		被

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèi (bei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): phî/pûn
• Min Dong (BUC): puôi/bê
• Min Nan (POJ): phōe / phē / pī
• Wu (WT Romanisation): bi (T3); be (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: pei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶
    • Yale: beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phî/pûn
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /pʰi²⁴/, /pun²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: puôi/bê
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰuoi²⁴²/, /pɛi²⁴²/
  • Note: puôi - colloquial; bê - literary.
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōe / phē / pī
    • Tâi-lô: phuē / phē / pī
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰue³³/, /pʰe³³/, /pi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰue²²/, /pʰe²²/, /pi²²/
  • Note: phōe/phē - colloquial; pī - literary.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: bi (T3); be (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /b̻i²³/, /b̻ᴇ²³/
  • Note: 3bi - colloquial; 3be - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (被, reconstructed)
Character (被), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 皮彼切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/biᴇX/	/bʱie̯X/	/bieX/	/biɛX/	/biə̆X/	/bǐeX/	/bjɛX/
Character (被), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 平義切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/biᴇH/	/bʱie̯H/	/bieH/	/biɛH/	/biə̆H/	/bǐeH/	/bjɛH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (被, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
被								bèi								‹ bjeX ›								/*m-pʰ(r)ajʔ/								coverlet
被								bèi								‹ bjeH ›								/*m-pʰ(r)ajʔ-s/								cover (v.)
被								pī								‹ phje ›								/*mə-pʰ(r)aj/								cover oneself with
被								pì								‹ phjeH ›								/*pʰ(r)aj-s/								cloak
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
被					9713					皮					歌					1					被					/*bralʔ/
被					9715					皮					歌					1					髲					/*brals/

Definitions

被

1. bedding; quilt
   • 被子 ("quilt")
   • 被褥 ("bedding, bedclothes")
   • 垫被 ("matress")
2. (used to indicate passive-voice) by

   • 我的表被偷了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Wǒ de biǎo bèi tōu le. [Pinyin]

     My watch has been stolen.

   • 我被蚊子咬的。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Wǒ bèi wénzǐ yǎo de. [Pinyin]

     I got bitten by mosquitoes.

Usage notes

• 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 ommited.
• A passive-voice sentence with 被 is negated with 没有.

  我們沒有被告知他從哪裡來。 [MSC, trad.]

  我们没有被告知他从哪里来。 [MSC, simp.]

  Wǒmen méiyǒu bèi gàozhī tā cóng nǎlǐ lái. [Pinyin]

  We weren't told where he came from.

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Japanese

Kanji

被

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: こうむる (被る, koumuru), かぶる (被る, kaburu), おおう (被う, oou), きる (kiru)

Compounds

• 被害
• 被害者

Prefix

被 (hiragana ひ, romaji hi-)

1. -ee (as in employee)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

被 (bị, bệ, bỡ, bự, bợ)

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