HSK 3 Chinese Grammar Lesson
Saying what happened to something with 被
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Bèi
2:49 min video · 9 sentences · 7 key words
About this lesson
Xiao Ming's birthday cake keeps getting ruined by a sneaky cat, until the cat is the one who gets caught and given a little treat.
How to practise
- Read how the pattern works on the first card, then listen to each example sentence.
- Repeat every example out loud in the 跟读 · Your turn pause: the pattern should start to feel automatic.
- At the end, check the common mistake and say the practice sentence yourself.
Key words 生词
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday | HSK 1 |
| 蛋糕 | dàngāo | cake | HSK 5 |
| 奶油 | nǎiyóu | cream | |
| 到处 | dàochù | everywhere | HSK 2 |
| 脚印 | jiǎoyìn | footprint | HSK 6 |
| 沙发 | shāfā | sofa | HSK 3 |
| 盘子 | pánzi | plate | HSK 4 |
Transcript with pinyin and English
小明的生日蛋糕被人吃了一大块。
Xiǎo Míng de shēngrì dàngāo bèi rén chī le yí dà kuài.
Xiao Ming's birthday cake had a big piece eaten by someone.
桌子上的奶油被弄得到处都是。
Zhuōzi shàng de nǎi yóu bèi nòng de dàochù dōu shì.
The cream on the table had been smeared everywhere.
他的新帽子也被拿走了。
Tā de xīn màozi yě bèi názǒu le.
His new hat was taken away too.
他看见地上的脚印，就跟着脚印一直走到沙发旁边。
Tā kànjiàn dìshang de jiǎoyìn, jiù gēn zhe jiǎoyìn yìzhí zǒu dào shāfā pángbiān.
He saw the paw prints on the floor and followed them to the sofa.
小花的胡子被奶油弄白了。
Xiǎo Huā de húzi bèi nǎi yóu nòng bái le.
Xiao Hua's whiskers had been turned white by the cream.
原来蛋糕是被这只小猫吃的！
Yuánlái dàngāo shì bèi zhè zhī xiǎo māo chī de!
So the cake was eaten by this little cat!
小明笑了，原来他的帽子被小花戴在了头上。
Xiǎo Míng xiào le, yuánlái tā de màozi bèi Xiǎo Huā dài zài le tóu shàng.
Xiao Ming laughed: it turned out his hat was on Xiao Hua's head.
最后，小花也被请来一起过生日。
Zuìhòu, Xiǎo Huā yě bèi qǐng lái yìqǐ guò shēngrì.
In the end, Xiao Hua was invited to celebrate the birthday too.
一小块蛋糕被放在小猫的盘子里。
Yì xiǎo kuài dàngāo bèi fàng zài xiǎo māo de pánzi lǐ.
A small piece of cake was put on the cat's plate.
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