# 被动 (bèidòng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 被动 (bèidòng) means “passive”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: passive
- Pinyin: bèidòng (bei4 dong4)
- Traditional: 被動
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他在工作中态度太被动了。
  Tā zài gōngzuò zhōng tàidù tài bèidòng le.
  His attitude in work is too passive.

## Characters

- [被](https://hanziro.com/word/bei-passive-marker/) (bèi): (particle) passive marker; by
- [动](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-move/) (dòng): to move; to touch

https://hanziro.com/word/bei-dong-passive/

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