被 (bèi) Passive Voice Grammar

“被  bèi” mainly is used to deliver the passive voice. There are a few other cases you may want to use “被  bèi” as well.

They are…

被  is used when one has been affected negatively.

被  is used when emphasizing the one affected by the action.

被  is used when the one doing the action is unknown.

 

Let’s compare the sentence structure.

The Normal sentence structure is:

Subject + Verb + Object

 

The basic “被  bèi” sentence structure is:

Subject + 被  + Object + Verb

Check out the infographic for more examples and practice questions.

 

Simplified Chinese Version

 

 

Traditional Chinese Version

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