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被困

bèi kùn

2-character word

What 被困 means

1. to be trapped; to be stranded

The characters in 被困

• 被bèiquilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed

Example sentences

• 有人被困在车里。
  There's someone trapped in the car.
• 共有三人被困洞中。
  Gòngyǒu sān rén bèi kùn dòng zhōng.
  There are three men trapped in the cave.
• 他被困在教室里了。
  He was trapped inside the classroom.
• 你有没有被困在电梯里过？
  Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu bèi kùn zài diàntī lǐ guo?
  Have you ever been stuck in a lift?
• 有很多工人被困在煤矿里了。
  Yǒu hěn duō gōngrén bèi kùn zài méikuàng lǐ le.
  Many workers were trapped in the coal mine.
• 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.