被
Meaning
- quilt
- to cover (with)
- (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
How it's used
The passive: 杯子被他打破了 (the cup was broken by him). Mandarin uses it far less than English, and often for something unwelcome. Where English says "the letter was sent", Mandarin usually just says 信寄了 and leaves it active.
Example sentence
别被抓获了。
Don't get caught.