# 被告 (bèigào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 被告 (bèigào) means “the defendant; the accused”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: the defendant; the accused
- Pinyin: bèigào (bei4 gao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 被告在法庭上否认了所有指控。
  Bèigào zài fǎtíng shàng fǒurènle suǒyǒu zhǐkòng.
  The defendant denied all charges in court.

## Characters

- [被](https://hanziro.com/word/bei-passive-marker/) (bèi): (particle) passive marker; by
- [告](https://hanziro.com/word/gao-sue/) (gào): to sue; to tell

https://hanziro.com/word/bei-gao-defendant/

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