grammar → 被
TSUMUGU · TBCL 3 (est.) · 語法
被 grammar point · tier 1
· bèi
Passive: the subject is the one acted upon by an agent.

字源 FORM what the parts do

A cloth (衤) for covering; 皮 gives the sound, bèi.

故事 STORY a scene to remember it by

A cloak thrown over you, and you go where it takes you.
字源記憶法
框 · Frame
[subj] 被 [agent] [verb + result]
例 · Examples
1我被警察帶走了。
I was taken away by the police.
族 · Family
被…V得…Passive whose verb carries a 得 complement: the subject takes the action, and 得 opens onto the knock-on state it was driven to.被…V作/做…Passive: an agent treats or regards the subject AS something else, pinning an identity on them.被…V成…Passive whose verb carries a 成 result: the subject takes the action, and 成 marks the new state it was turned into.受…Affected-by: the topic comes first as the thing borne upon; 受 takes a noun factor, then a verb naming the influence it exerts.被Agentless passive: the affected thing is the subject; 被 sits before the verb with no doer named.