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被告

bèi gào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

被告 (bèi gào) means "defendant". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 被告 means

1. lawthe defendant; the accused

The characters in 被告

• 被bèiquilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce

Example sentences

• 法庭宣判被告无罪。
  Fǎtíng xuānpàn bèigào wúzuì.
  The court declared the defendant innocent.
• 他们已经被告知了。
  They have already been informed.

Words starting with 被告

• 被告人bèi gào réndefendant (in legal case)

Words containing 被告

• 原被告yuán bèi gàoplaintiff and defendant; prosecution and defense (lawyers)

Where 被告 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bēi–běn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bèi gào correctly.
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