bei4
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. 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)
  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", for example)

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所有被发明的都是真的。

这种秘密总有一天会被揭露的。

看那座被雪覆盖的山。

这被认为是一件大事。

火车因大雪被耽搁了。

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