Blanket in Chinese (Mandarin): 被子 (bèizi)

被子
bèizi
blanket
- Simplified
- 被子
- Traditional
- 被子
- Pinyin
- bèizi
- Typed as
- beizi
Use it in a sentence
妈妈给我盖被子。
媽媽給我蓋被子。
Mom tucks the blanket over me.
The characters in 被子
被
Quilt, blanket. 衤 (clothes) is on the left.
10 strokes
子
A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.
3 strokes
Tucking in is 盖被子 (gài bèizi), "cover with the quilt". Chinese families often use thick quilts in winter.
More examples with 被子
我的被子很厚。
Wǒ de bèizi hěn hòu.
My blanket is thick.
小猫钻进了被子里。
小貓鑽進了被子裡。
Xiǎo māo zuān jìn le bèizi li.
The kitten crawled under the blanket.
How to write 被子 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
被 10 strokes
子 3 strokes
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