被逮

bèidǎi

to be arrested; to be taken into custody

Wiktionary

Examples

他會被逮捕。

He'll be arrested.

Source: Tatoeba

我被逮捕了。

I got arrested.

Source: Tatoeba

薩米被逮捕了。

Sammy was arrested.

Source: Tatoeba

犯人被逮捕了。

The criminal was arrested.

Source: Tatoeba

湯姆被逮捕了。

Tom was arrested.

Source: Tatoeba

他酒驾被逮着了。

He was caught drink-driving.

Source: Tatoeba

我不知道汤姆要被逮捕了。

I didn't know Tom was going to be arrested.

Source: Tatoeba

大约 30 个人被逮捕。

Approximately 30 people were arrested.

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆因无证驾驶而被逮捕。

Tom was arrested for driving without a licence.

Tom was arrested for driving without a license.

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")
=1 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”)
=1 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=1 被 pì alternative form of 帔
=2 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture
=2 逮 dài
  1. (literary) to reach
  2. used in 逮捕 dàibǔ (Taiwan pr. dǎi)
=2 逮 dì used in 逮逮 (dìdì)