Chinese word dictionary

被告

bèigào · (law) the defendant; the accused

Practice word

Word information

Simplified被告

Traditional被告

Pinyinbèigào

Part of speech名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

被bèi

bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"

告gào

to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse

How to learn 被告

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

告诉gàosu

to tell; to inform; to let know

被bèi

quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used 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); (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")

广告guǎnggào

to advertise; a commercial; advertisement; CL:項|项[xiang4]

报告bàogào

to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]

被子bèizi

blanket; quilt; CL:條|条[tiao2],床[chuang2]

告别gàobié

to leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to