Word information
Simplified被套
Traditional被套
Pinyinbèi tào
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
被套
bèi tào · duvet cover; quilt cover; (finance) to be stuck with an asset that has decreased in value after purchase
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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")
外套wàitàoouter garment; jacket; coat; CL:件[jian4]
被子bèiziblanket; quilt; CL:條|条[tiao2],床[chuang2]
手套shǒutàoglove; mitten; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
套tàoto cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
被动bèidòngpassive