How it works
被 marks the receiver of an action as the sentence topic.
我的自行车被他骑走了。
My bicycle was ridden away by him.
Common mistake: Do not use 被 for every English passive when an active Chinese sentence is more natural.
subject + 被 + agent + verb
被 marks the receiver of an action as the sentence topic.
我的自行车被他骑走了。
My bicycle was ridden away by him.
Common mistake: Do not use 被 for every English passive when an active Chinese sentence is more natural.