HSK 6 · Society

被告 bèigào “defendant” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 被告 means

  1. defendant
  2. (law) the defendant
  3. the accused

How to say 被告

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale被bèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale告gào4th tone, falling

被告 in a sentence

  1. 被告会向上级法院上诉。

    Bèigào huì xiàng shàngjí fǎyuàn shàngsù.

    The defendant will appeal to a higher court.

    Sentence #2029437 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 被告周五将会出现在法庭上。

    Bèigào Zhōuwǔ jiāng huì chūxiàn zài fǎtíng shàng.

    The defendant will appear in court on Friday.

    Sentence #336636 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 被告 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 被 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
被bèiquilt
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 皮skin · píSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 皮 (pí) hints at the sound. Compare it with bèi.

The character 告 (gào) with each of its parts in a different colour
告gàoto say; to tell
  • 牛cow · niú
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 被告

被 10 strokes · 告 7 strokes

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被告 (bèigào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 被告 (bèigào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 被告

Words with 被

被bèi · by被子bèizi · quilt被动bèidòng · passive

Words with 告

告诉gàosu · to tell广告guǎnggào · advertisement告别gàobié · to say goodbye转告zhuǎngào · to pass on报告bàogào · to inform告辞gàocí · to take leave告诫gàojiè · to warn警告jǐnggào · to warn原告yuángào · plaintiff布告bùgào · notice

More words: Society & Law

报警bàojǐng · to call the police暴力bàolì · violence保卫bǎowèi · to defend保障bǎozhàng · to ensure辩护biànhù · to defend表决biǎojué · to vote表彰biǎozhāng · to commend剥削bōxuē · to exploit

FAQs

被告 (bèigào) means “defendant” or “(law) the defendant”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bèigào: bèi with a 4th tone, then gào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 被告 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beigao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 被告 from the suggestions. Typing beigao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
被告 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.