Chinese symbol for “defendant”
被告
bèi gào
(law) the defendant; the accused
The closest CC-CEDICT match for defendant is 被告 (bèi gào), defined as: (law) the defendant; the accused.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “defendant”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 被告.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被捕 | bèi bǔ | to be arrested; under arrest |
| 被迫 | bèi pò | to be compelled; to be forced |
| 被动 (被動) | bèi dòng | passive |
| 被害人 | bèi hài rén | victim |
| 被控 | bèi kòng | to be charged; to be accused (of an offense) |
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 告诉 (告訴) | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 广告 (廣告) | guǎng gào | to advertise; a commercial |
See also: Japanese symbol for “defendant”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.