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羽绒被yǔ róng bèi
duvet
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 羽绒被 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 羽絨被 | ||
| 羽絨被 | yǔróngbèi | |
| 1. n. down-padded quilt | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| duvet | ||
| 1. 用羽毛 | ||
| 2. 绒毛等制成的棉被 | ||
| Components | ||
| 羽 | yǔ | |
| 1. feather; plume | ||
| 2. wing | ||
| 黨羽 - clique | ||
| 3. (music) fifth note in the Chinese pentatonic scale | ||
| 4. slow and relaxed (the same as (zh-m, *緩)) | ||
| 绒 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 絨 | ||
| 絨 | róng | |
| 1. silk, cotton, or woolen fabric | ||
| 2. velvet | ||
| 被 | bèi | |
| 1. bedding; quilt; blanket | ||
| 被子zi - quilt | ||
| 被褥 - bedding, bedclothes | ||
| 墊被 - mattress | ||
| 2. by | ||
| 我 被 蚊子zi 咬 了。 - I got bitten by mosquitoes. | ||
| 3. (Used before a verb to indicate passive voice, often with a negative connotation.) | ||
| 我 的 錶 被 偷 了。 - My watch has been stolen. | ||
| 我們 的 汽車 尾巴ba 被 撞壞 了。 - The rear end of our car was smashed. | ||
| 4. (neologism) passively; under duress; in a forged manner; etc. | ||
| 被.自殺 - to "be suicided"; to be killed by the authorities who then pass one's death off as suicide | ||
| 被 就業 - to "be achieved employment"; to be falsely recorded as employed (for the purpose of falsifying employment data) | ||
| 被 吸菸 - to smoke secondhand | ||
| 被 嫖娼 - to be falsely accused of visiting a prostitute | ||
| 5. . (attention, zh, not sure if it should be here or in pron 1) | ||
| 6. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 7. Alternative form of 髲 (wig) | ||
| 8. Alternative form of 彼 (that) | ||
| 9. Alternative form of 帔 | ||
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Pronunciation
yǔ róng bèi
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