他被車撞了之後便過世了。

He was hit by a car and died instantly.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 被 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 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=2 被 pī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=2 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=2 被 pì alternative form of 帔
=3 車 Chē surname Che
=3 車 chē
  1. car
  2. vehicle
  3. machine
  4. to shape with a lathe
  5. Kangxi radical 159

classifier: 輛
=3 車 jū
  1. war chariot (archaic)
  2. rook (in Chinese chess)
  3. rook (in chess)
4 撞 zhuàng
  1. to knock against
  2. to bump into
  3. to run into
  4. to meet by accident
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
6 之後 zhīhòu
  1. after; behind
  2. (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
=7 便 biàn
  1. plain
  2. informal
  3. suitable
  4. convenient
  5. opportune
  6. to urinate or defecate
  7. equivalent to 就 jiù: then
  8. in that case
  9. even if
  10. soon afterwards
=7 便 pián
  1. used in 便宜 piányi
  2. used in 便便 piánpián
  3. used in 便嬛 piánxuān
8 過世 guòshì
  1. to die
  2. to pass away
=9 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào