{"id":12683,"date":"2016-10-25T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/?p=12683"},"modified":"2022-02-03T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T11:02:17","slug":"%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg\" title=\"The passive structures in Chinese\" alt=\"The passive structures in Chinese\" width=\"700\" height=\"376\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12711\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/learn-chinese-online-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Chinese<\/a>, the active or passive voice is not compulsorily marked by a particular character. If a subject is present in a phrase \u2013 which may also be implicit \u2013 the phrase has an active sense; if, instead no subject is present, the phrase has a passive sense.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<p><strong> Active sense (the subject is expressed):<\/strong><br \/>\n\u6211\u5f1f\u5f1f\u628a\u521a\u4e70\u7684\u4ed9\u8d1d\u90fd\u5403\u6389\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nW\u01d2 d\u00ecdi b\u01ce g\u0101ng m\u01cei de xi\u0101nb\u00e8i d\u014du ch\u012bdi\u00e0o le.<br \/>\nMy younger brother ate all the recently bought Xianbei.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Passive sense (the subject is not expressed):<\/strong><br \/>\n\u521a\u4e70\u7684\u4ed9\u8d1d\u90fd\u5403\u6389\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nG\u0101ng m\u01cei de xi\u0101nb\u00e8i d\u014du ch\u012bdi\u00e0o le.<br \/>\nAll the recently bought Xianbei have been eaten.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Active sense (the subject is expressed)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u6211\u5988\u5988\u82b1\u4e86\u94b1\u3002<br \/>\nW\u01d2 m\u0101ma hu\u0101 le qi\u00e1n.<br \/>\nMy mother spent the money.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Passive sense (the subject is not expressed)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u94b1\u82b1\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nQi\u00e1n hu\u0101le.<br \/>\nThe money has been spent.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Active sense (the subject is expressed)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u5b66\u751f\u5728\u6559\u5ba4\u91cc\u4e0d\u80fd\u7761\u89c9\u3002<br \/>\nXu\u00e9sheng z\u00e0i ji\u00e0osh\u00ec l\u01d0 b\u00f9n\u00e9ng shu\u00ecji\u00e0o.<br \/>\nThe students cannot sleep in class.<strong><!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Passive sense (the subject is not expressed)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u5728\u6559\u5ba4\u91cc\u4e0d\u80fd\u7761\u89c9\u3002<br \/>\nZ\u00e0i ji\u00e0osh\u00ec l\u01d0 b\u00f9n\u00e9ng shu\u00ecji\u00e0o.<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t sleep in class.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Active sense (the subject is expressed)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u6709\u4eba\u628a\u6211\u7684\u623f\u5b50\u706b\u70e7\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nY\u01d2ur\u00e9n b\u01ce w\u01d2 de f\u00e1ngzi hu\u01d2shao le.<br \/>\nSomeone burned my house.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Passive sense (the subject is not expressed)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u6211\u7684\u623f\u5b50\u706b\u70e7\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nW\u01d2 de f\u00e1ngzi hu\u01d2shao le.<br \/>\nMy house was burned.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Active sense (the subject is expressed)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u4ed6\u628a\u5899\u58c1\u90fd\u6f06\u6210\u7ea2\u8272\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nT\u0101 b\u01ce qi\u00e1ngb\u00ec d\u014du q\u012bch\u00e9ng h\u00f3ngs\u00e8 le.<br \/>\nHe painted all the walls red.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Passive sense (the subject is not expressed)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u5899\u58c1\u90fd\u6f06\u6210\u7ea2\u8272\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nQi\u00e1ngb\u00ec d\u014du q\u012bch\u00e9ng h\u00f3ngs\u00e8 le.<br \/>\nAll the walls were painted red.<\/p>\n<h2>Structures with \u88ab (b\u00e8i)<\/h2>\n<p>The passive voice can be underlined thanks to a construction introduced by the character \u88ab (b\u00e8i), which in classic Chinese had the meaning of \u201cto cover\u201d. Phrases with \u88ab have much in common with phrases with \u628a (b\u01ce), for this reason they&#8217;re often explained in the same unit.<\/p>\n<p>The verb, in fact, is often a verb that expresses a change or manipulation that causes a consequence or concrete effect. The construction with \u88ab, moreover, often indicates an unpleasant result or, at least one different than expected. The character \u88ab, to help you formulate the phrase, can be thought of as if it were our word &#8220;by&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the most common structure of the phrase and a few examples:<\/p>\n<p><strong> Subject + \u88ab (b\u00e8i) + adverb (can be omitted) + Verb + particle or results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u6211\u7684\u670b\u53cb\u5148<strong> \u88ab<\/strong> \u7ecf\u7406\u6279\u8bc4\u4e86\uff0c\u518d<strong> \u88ab<\/strong> \u7092\u9c7f\u9c7c\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nW\u01d2 de p\u00e9ngyou xi\u0101n b\u00e8i j\u012bngl\u01d0 p\u012bp\u00edng le, z\u00e0i b\u00e8i ch\u01ceo y\u00f3uy\u00fa le.<br \/>\nMy friend was first criticized by the manager and was then fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u4ed6<strong> \u88ab<\/strong> \u6253\u4e86\u4e24\u62f3\u3002<br \/>\nT\u0101 b\u00e8i d\u01ce le li\u01ceng qu\u00e1n.<br \/>\nHe took two punches.<\/p>\n<p>\u56e0\u4e3a\u610f\u5927\u5229\u7684\u7ecf\u6d4e\u8870\u9000\uff0c\u5f88\u591a\u4eba\u90fd<strong> \u88ab<\/strong> \u89e3\u96c7\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nY\u012bnw\u00e8i Y\u00ecd\u00e0l\u00ec de j\u012bngj\u00ec shu\u0101itu\u00ec, h\u011bn du\u014d r\u00e9n d\u014du b\u00e8i ji\u011bg\u00f9 le.<br \/>\nDue to the economic recession in Italy, many people have been laid off.<\/p>\n<p>\u4ed6\u7684\u94b1\u5305\u88ab\u62ff\u8d70\u4e86\uff0c\u53cd\u800c\u6211\u7684\u6c7d\u8f66<strong> \u88ab<\/strong> \u627e\u5230\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nT\u0101 de qi\u00e1nb\u0101o b\u00e8i n\u00e1z\u01d2u le, f\u01cen&#8217;\u00e9r w\u01d2 de q\u00ecch\u0113 b\u00e8i zh\u01ceod\u00e0o le.<br \/>\nHis wallet was stolen, while my car was found.<\/p>\n<p>\u6628\u5929\u665a\u4e0a\u4ed6\u4eec<strong> \u88ab<\/strong> \u5173\u5728\u5916\u9762\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nZu\u00f3ti\u0101n w\u01censhang t\u0101men b\u00e8i gu\u0101n z\u00e0i w\u00e0imian le.<br \/>\nLast night I was locked outside.<\/p>\n<p>In spoken language, \u88ab can be substituted by \u8ba9 (r\u00e0ng) or \u53eb (ji\u00e0o), without affecting the meaning of the phrase. Nevertheless, while when using \u88ab the adverb can be omitted, with \u8ba9 or \u53eb the adverb must necessarily be specified.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u5927\u767d\u5154\u7cd6\u679c<strong> \u8ba9<\/strong> \u674e\u5149\u5934\u548c\u5b8b\u94a2\u5403\u6389\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nD\u00e0b\u00e1it\u00f9 t\u00e1nggu\u01d2 r\u00e0ng L\u01d0 Gu\u0101ngt\u00f3u h\u00e9 S\u00f2ng G\u0101ng ch\u012bdi\u00e0o le.<br \/>\nThe mou \u201cwhite rabbit\u201d candies were devoured by Li Testapelata and Song Gang.<\/p>\n<p>\u4e0b\u96e8\u4e86\u3002\u4e0d\u5e78\uff0c\u6211\u7684\u96e8\u4f1e<strong> \u53eb<\/strong> \u670b\u53cb\u501f\u8d70\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nXi\u00e0y\u01d4 le. B\u1ee5\u0300x\u00ecng, w\u01d2 de y\u01d4s\u01cen ji\u00e0o p\u00e9ngyou ji\u00e8 z\u01d2u le.<br \/>\nYes it rained. Unfortunately I lent my umbrella to a friend.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Important: the presence of the character \u7ed9(g\u011bi) before the verb indicates that the phrase has a passive sense even if \u88ab, \u8ba9 and\/or \u53eb aren&#8217;t present.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u90a3\u4e2a\u5c0f\u5077<strong> \u7ed9<\/strong> \u6293\u4f4f\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nN\u00e0ge xi\u01ceot\u014du g\u011bi zhu\u0101zh\u00f9 le.\t\t\t.<br \/>\nThat thief was nabbed.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u90a3\u4e2a\u5c0f\u5077<strong> \u88ab\u7ed9<\/strong> \u6293\u4f4f\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nN\u00e0ge xi\u01ceot\u014du b\u00e8i g\u011bi zhu\u0101zh\u00f9 le<br \/>\nThat thief was nabbed.\t<\/p>\n<p>\u4ed6<strong> \u7ed9<\/strong> \u8e22\u4e86\u4e09\u811a\u3002<br \/>\nT\u0101 g\u011bi t\u012ble s\u0101n ji\u01ceo.<br \/>\nHe took three kicks.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u4ed6<strong> \u88ab\u7ed9<\/strong> \u8e22\u4e86\u4e09\u811a\u3002<br \/>\nT\u0101 b\u00e8i g\u011bi t\u012ble s\u0101n ji\u01ceo.<br \/>\nHe took three kicks.\t<\/p>\n<p>Phrases with a passive sense usually refer to something that happened in the past. For this reason, if you wish to negate a phrase with a passive sense, use \u6ca1 (\u6709) (m\u00e9i (y\u01d2u)) and not \u4e0d (b\u00f9) as a negating adverb.<\/p>\n<p>\u6ca1 in this case, will be placed before \u88ab, \u8ba9, \u53ebo \u7ed9, and never <strong> before the adverb<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p>\u6211\u7684\u7238\u7238<strong>\u6ca1\u88ab<\/strong>\u8f9e\u804c\u8fc7\u3002<br \/>\nW\u01d2 de b\u00e0ba m\u00e9i b\u00e8i c\u00edzh\u00ed guo.<br \/>\nMy father was never fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u6211\u7684\u4e3b\u5f20<strong>\u6ca1\u6709\u88ab<\/strong>\u63a5\u53d7\u3002<br \/>\nW\u01d2 de zh\u01d4zh\u0101ng m\u00e9iy\u01d2u b\u00e8i ji\u0113sh\u00f2u.<br \/>\nMy proposal was not accepted.<\/p>\n<h2>Constructions with \u4e3a(w\u00e8i) \u2026 \u6240 (su\u01d2) \u2026<\/h2>\n<p>A last construction indicating the passive is represented by \u201c\u4e3a(w\u00e8i) \u2026 \u6240 (su\u01d2) \u2026\u201d. This structure is usually found in written language and comes from classical Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u4ed6\u7684\u79d8\u5bc6\u4e0d<strong>\u4e3a<\/strong>\u4eba<strong>\u6240<\/strong>\u53d1\u73b0\u3002<br \/>\nT\u0101 de m\u00ecm\u00ec b\u00f9 w\u00e9ir\u00e9n su\u01d2 f\u0101xi\u00e0n.<br \/>\nHis secret must not be discovered by others.<\/p>\n<p>\u5730\u7403\u7684\u8868\u9762<strong>\u4e3a<\/strong>\u6d77\u6d0b<strong>\u6240<\/strong>\u8986\u76d6\u3002<br \/>\nD\u00ecqi\u00fa de bi\u01ceomi\u00e0n w\u00e8i h\u01ceiy\u00e1ng su\u01d2 f\u00f9g\u00e0i.<br \/>\nThe surface of the Earth is covered by the oceans.<\/p>\n<p>\u6211<strong>\u4e3a<\/strong>\u574f\u4eba<strong>\u6240<\/strong>\u6b3a\u9a97\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\nW\u01d2 w\u00e8i hu\u00e0ir\u00e9n su\u01d2 q\u012bpi\u00e0n le.<br \/>\nI was cheated by bad people.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credits\">Photo Credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon\/cc.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shaireproductions\/4605278721\/in\/photolist-81XfVg-beTRHF-9khiWL-9khjY3-biXoAV-yKh3om-9khhVW-9khkbQ-9khisj-efSRKz-9khhK3-9ztTq2-9zwSVS-9kegHB-9kega2-9keihn-9kehbr-7JF34c-9kegWX-9h9WZ8-9khief-efSQfH-buAuQi-5exYn6-buAu6v-9qUq5y-9jYerg-buAtT2-buAv2z-9ojzbj-4V7FBi-4VbVyQ-4V7FQa-jKPukM-buAuEe-buAw6e-8fcwED-efSPKn-buAuig-buAvzx-8nfZgS-4V7FKc-efSQ1i-4V7FEH-7k3PSC-5WgD3F-buAus4-9gVFJT-9kehYn-9ynLnW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Chinese Calligraphy Patterns<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shaireproductions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chinese, the active or passive voice is not compulsorily marked by a particular character. If a subject is present in a phrase \u2013 which may also be implicit \u2013 the phrase has an active sense; if, instead no subject is present, the phrase has a passive sense. Here are some examples: Active sense (the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":12717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[390,66],"class_list":["post-12683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-chinese","tag-learn-chinese-sidebar","tag-learn-chinese"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All you need to know about to use \u88ab (b\u00e8i) and the passive structures in Chinese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/\u88ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All you need to know about to use \u88ab (b\u00e8i) and the passive structures in Chinese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/\u88ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sapore di Cina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flavorofchina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-25T01:00:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-03T11:02:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Armando Turturici\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@saporedicina\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@saporedicina\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Armando Turturici\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Armando Turturici\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/521cc28a2884f981cf819e67b1f15cb1\"},\"headline\":\"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-25T01:00:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-03T11:02:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":938,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"_Learn chinese\",\"Learn Chinese\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Learn Chinese\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-25T01:00:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-03T11:02:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"All you need to know about to use \u88ab (b\u00e8i) and the passive structures in Chinese\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":376,\"caption\":\"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sapore di Cina\",\"description\":\"Learn Chinese, Travel, Study or Work in China and Asia\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"SDC\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sapore di Cina\",\"alternateName\":\"SDC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/logo.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Sapore di Cina\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/flavorofchina\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/saporedicina\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/saporedicina\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCl2ssfXqNmOeaY6l470UDlQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/521cc28a2884f981cf819e67b1f15cb1\",\"name\":\"Armando Turturici\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/6463d0e76ebee97d01d949339000f1d5.jpg?ver=1774688569\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/6463d0e76ebee97d01d949339000f1d5.jpg?ver=1774688569\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/6463d0e76ebee97d01d949339000f1d5.jpg?ver=1774688569\",\"caption\":\"Armando Turturici\"},\"description\":\"Born in Italy in 1992, he graduated in Chinese and English Language from the University of Enna Kore, in 2014. Currently, he's a Professor of Chinese Mandarin in Caltanissetta, while he also keeps studying Japanese and Classic Chinese at the University of Torino.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/independent.academia.edu\\\/ArmandoTurturici\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/armando-alessandro-turturici-a4316ab7\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCnad7mZMifojVZp9LsRy4iQ\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.saporedicina.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/armando\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese","description":"All you need to know about to use \u88ab (b\u00e8i) and the passive structures in Chinese","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/\u88ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese","og_description":"All you need to know about to use \u88ab (b\u00e8i) and the passive structures in Chinese","og_url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/\u88ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/","og_site_name":"Sapore di Cina","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flavorofchina","article_published_time":"2016-10-25T01:00:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-03T11:02:17+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Armando Turturici","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@saporedicina","twitter_site":"@saporedicina","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Armando Turturici","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/"},"author":{"name":"Armando Turturici","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/521cc28a2884f981cf819e67b1f15cb1"},"headline":"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese","datePublished":"2016-10-25T01:00:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-03T11:02:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/"},"wordCount":938,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg","keywords":["_Learn chinese","Learn Chinese"],"articleSection":["Learn Chinese"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/","url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/","name":"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg","datePublished":"2016-10-25T01:00:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-03T11:02:17+00:00","description":"All you need to know about to use \u88ab (b\u00e8i) and the passive structures in Chinese","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg","width":700,"height":376,"caption":"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/%e8%a2%ab-bei-passive-structures-chinese\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u88ab (b\u00e8i): The passive structures in Chinese"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/","name":"Sapore di Cina","description":"Learn Chinese, Travel, Study or Work in China and Asia","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#organization"},"alternateName":"SDC","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#organization","name":"Sapore di Cina","alternateName":"SDC","url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/logo.jpg","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Sapore di Cina"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flavorofchina","https:\/\/x.com\/saporedicina","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/saporedicina\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCl2ssfXqNmOeaY6l470UDlQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/521cc28a2884f981cf819e67b1f15cb1","name":"Armando Turturici","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/6463d0e76ebee97d01d949339000f1d5.jpg?ver=1774688569","url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/6463d0e76ebee97d01d949339000f1d5.jpg?ver=1774688569","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/6463d0e76ebee97d01d949339000f1d5.jpg?ver=1774688569","caption":"Armando Turturici"},"description":"Born in Italy in 1992, he graduated in Chinese and English Language from the University of Enna Kore, in 2014. Currently, he's a Professor of Chinese Mandarin in Caltanissetta, while he also keeps studying Japanese and Classic Chinese at the University of Torino.","sameAs":["https:\/\/independent.academia.edu\/ArmandoTurturici","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/armando-alessandro-turturici-a4316ab7\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnad7mZMifojVZp9LsRy4iQ"],"url":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/author\/armando\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg",700,376,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese-300x161.jpg",300,161,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg",700,376,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg",700,376,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg",700,376,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/passive-structure-chinese.jpg",700,376,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Armando Turturici","author_link":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/author\/armando\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In Chinese, the active or passive voice is not compulsorily marked by a particular character. If a subject is present in a phrase \u2013 which may also be implicit \u2013 the phrase has an active sense; if, instead no subject is present, the phrase has a passive sense. Here are some examples: Active sense (the&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}