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title: "被 (+ doer) + verb in Chinese Grammar: Was … (by someone), With Examples"
description: "被 (+ doer) + verb: was … (by someone). 被 marks a passive: the subject has something done to it, often something unwelcome. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 被 (+ doer) + verb

Was … (by someone)

被 marks a passive: the subject has something done to it, often something unwelcome.

## In stories

这些天，他已经遇到了很多让人害怕的事：两个跟着他的人，都**被山里的妖怪吃**了。

[救出悟空 · Freed from the Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-10#library-word-36-43) HSK 3

孙悟空就这样**被抓**了。

[大闹天宫 · Havoc in Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/havoc-in-heaven-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-7#library-word-640-642) HSK 3

面已经**被吃**了一半。

[长寿面 · Long-life noodles](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/long-life-noodles#library-word-140-142) HSK 3

他说：“以前有九个去西天的人从这里过，都**被我吃**了。

[沙和尚 · Sandy of the Flowing Sand River](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/sandy-of-the-flowing-sand-river-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-16#library-word-612-615) HSK 3

[Read 救出悟空](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-10#library-word-36-43)

## More patterns

- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-zhe-v)
- [verb + 了 + verb … briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v)

## What does 被 (+ doer) + verb mean in Chinese?

Was … (by someone). 被 marks a passive: the subject has something done to it, often something unwelcome.

## How common is 被 (+ doer) + verb?

It comes up in 73 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.