HSK 5 · Objects

被子 bèizi “quilt” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 被子 means

  1. quilt
  2. blanket

Measure word 条 tiáo or 床 chuáng · 一条被子 yì tiáo bèizi

How to say 被子

  • 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 neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

被子 in a sentence

  1. 新买的被子盖起来非常暖和。

    Xīn mǎi de bèizi gài qǐlai fēicháng nuǎnhuo.

    The new quilt is lovely and warm to sleep under.

    Sentence #9987090 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她叠好了被子。

    Tā dié hǎo le bèizi.

    She folded the quilt.

    Sentence #3565119 from Tatoeba

  3. 冬天我总是需要多加条被子。

    Dōngtiān wǒ zǒngshì xūyào duō jiā tiáo bèizi.

    In winter I always need an extra quilt.

    Sentence #346078 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 被子 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 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 被子

被 10 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 被子

Words with 被

被bèi · by被动bèidòng · passive被告bèigào · defendant

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Objects & Materials

玻璃bōli · glass布bù · cloth尺子chǐzi · ruler (measuring instrument)抽屉chōuti · drawer砖zhuān · brick装备zhuāngbèi · equipment子弹zǐdàn · bullet钻石zuànshí · diamond

FAQs

被子 (bèizi) means “quilt” or “blanket”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bèizi: bèi with a 4th tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 被子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 条 (tiáo) or 床 (chuáng). For example, one quilt is 一条被子 (yì tiáo bèizi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type beizi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 被子 from the suggestions. Typing beizi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
被子 is an HSK 5 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.