被困

bèikùn
to be trapped; to be stranded

CEDICT

Examples

有人被困在车里。

There's someone trapped in the car.

Source: Tatoeba

共有三人被困洞中。

There are three men trapped in the cave.

Source: Tatoeba

他被困在教室裡了。

He was trapped inside the classroom.

Source: Tatoeba

你有沒有被困在電梯裡過？

Have you ever been stuck in an elevator?

Have you ever been stuck in a lift?

Source: Tatoeba

有很多工人被困在煤矿里了。

Many workers were trapped in the coal mine.

Source: Tatoeba

因为暴风雪，汤姆和玛丽被困在波士顿了。

Because of the snow storm, Tom and Mary were stuck in Boston.

Source: Tatoeba

如果你被困在一個荒島上, 你會想要隨身帶著哪些書來看?

If you were stranded on a desert island, what books would you want to have with you to read?

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 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 困 kùn
  1. to trap
  2. to surround
  3. hard-pressed
  4. stranded
  5. destitute
=2 困 kùn
  1. sleepy
  2. tired