Chinese symbol for “quilt”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quilt is 被 (bèi), defined as: 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 被旅游 (bèi lu : 3 yóu) to "go on a trip").
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “quilt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被子 | bèi zi | blanket; quilt; 条 (tiáo),床 (chuáng) |
| 绗 (絎) | háng | to quilt |
| 棉被 | mián bèi | comforter; quilt; 条 (tiáo),床 (chuáng),张 (zhāng) |
| 被面 | bèi miàn | quilt |
| 绗缝 (絎縫) | háng féng | to quilt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 被.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被捕 | bèi bǔ | to be arrested; under arrest |
| 被迫 | bèi pò | to be compelled; to be forced |
| 被告 | bèi gào | (law) the defendant; the accused |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quilt”.
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.