船被用短繩繫著。

The boat was tied with a short line.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 chuán variant of chuán
=1 chuán
  1. boat
  2. vessel
  3. ship

classifiers: , ,

=2 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=2
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=2 alternative form of
3 yòng
  1. to use; to make use of; to employ
  2. (coverb) with; using
  3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
  4. usefulness; utility
  5. (bound form) expense; outlay
  6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
  7. (literary) hence; therefore
4 duǎn
  1. short
  2. brief
  3. to lack
  4. weak point
  5. fault
5 shéng rope

classifier:

=6
  1. to tie
  2. to fasten
  3. to button up
=6
  1. to connect
  2. to arrest
  3. to worry
=7 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=7 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=7 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=7 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=7 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding