Characters
- 被 (被): 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", for example)
- 告 (告): (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
Resources
- Wiktionary: 被告
- MDBG: 被告
- Examples with 被告 on Tatoeba
Examples
被告周五将会出现在法庭上。
被告被判处了死刑。
被告在法庭上编了一个离奇的故事。
你觉得被告真的有罪吗？
被告被判處死刑。