被

Glyph origin
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Etymology
Cognate with. The meaning of passive marker is an extension of "to wear; to be covered by something".

Definitions

 * 1) bedding; quilt; blanket

Definitions

 * 1)  to cover
 * 2)  to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune, etc.)
 * 3) by
 * 4)  passively; under duress; in a forged manner; etc.
 * 1)  passively; under duress; in a forged manner; etc.
 * 1)  passively; under duress; in a forged manner; etc.
 * 1)  passively; under duress; in a forged manner; etc.
 * 1)  passively; under duress; in a forged manner; etc.

Usage notes

 * In a passive-voice sentence, is placed after the subject and before the doer of the action. The doer of the action is placed before the verb or can be omitted.
 * As a neologism, by affixing to a verb or verb phrase that is rarely used in the passive sense (e.g. an intransitive verb), a deliberate awkwardness is constructed to call to the absurdity of the situation being referred to.

Descendants
Others:

Compounds

 * : perianth
 * : incurred harm
 * : someone who has incurred harm: a victim, an injured person
 * : a lodicule: a small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass
 * : a lodicule: a small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass
 * : a lodicule: a small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass

Etymology 1
From, from the term's use in Chinese as a passive marker.

Prefix

 * 1) -ed, -ee

Etymology 2
The of verb.

Noun

 * 1) a covering
 * 2) the act of covering something
 * 3)  a protector or patron