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The Chinese word for sheet is
被单

bèi dān



sheet

Chinese Definition


sheet
     1. 名词. 岩席
Components
     1. bedding; quilt; blanket
           被子zi - quilt
           被褥 - bedding, bedclothes
           墊被 - mattress
     2. by
           我 被 蚊子zi 咬 了。 - I got bitten by mosquitoes.
     3. (Used before a verb to indicate passive voice, often with a negative connotation.)
           我 的 錶 被 偷 了。 - My watch has been stolen.
           我們 的 汽車 尾巴ba 被 撞壞 了。 - The rear end of our car was smashed.
     4. (neologism) passively; under duress; in a forged manner; etc.
           被.自殺 - to "be suicided"; to be killed by the authorities who then pass one's death off as suicide
           被 就業 - to "be achieved employment"; to be falsely recorded as employed (for the purpose of falsifying employment data)
           被 吸菸 - to smoke secondhand
           被 嫖娼 - to be falsely accused of visiting a prostitute
     5. . (attention, zh, not sure if it should be here or in pron 1)
     6. =====Usage notes=====
     7. Alternative form of 髲 (wig)
     8. Alternative form of 彼 (that)
     9. Alternative form of 帔
     1. Variant of 單



Translations for and their definitions

床單
     1. n. bedsheet


     1. (historical) bound set of bamboo slips used for recordkeeping
     2. piece of writing
     3. sheet of paper


床单
     1. Simplified form of 床單


     1. to string a bow; to pull a bowstring taut
           (ant, zh, 弛)
           張 弓 - to draw a bow
     2. to stretch; to open up; to spread
           張開 - to open up, to spread
           張口 - to gape, to yawn
     3. to expand; to spread
           擴張 - to expand, expansion
           聲張 - to make public, to disclose
           誇張 - to exaggerate
     4. to set out; to display
           張貼 - to put up (a notice, poster, etc.)
     5. to look
           東張西望 - to look around
     6. (of a new business) to start; to open for business
           新張 - to begin doing business
           一 張 地圖 - a map
           一 張 桌子zi - a table
           幾 張 凳 - several chairs
           兩 張 紙 - two sheets of paper
           一 張 嘴 - one mouth
           高雄 一 張 - One ticket to Kaohsiung, MN
     7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Zhongshan Min)
     8. (Cantonese) (only for thirty years old or above)
           三 張 嘢 - thirty-odd years old -
           三 張 幾 - thirty-something years old -
     9. (Chinese astronomy) Extended Net (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
     10. . Zhang, (listed #24 of the Baijiaxing)
           張 飛 - Zhang Fei (Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty)
           張 藝-謀 - Zhang Yimou (Chinese film director)
     11. to boast; to exaggerate (now merged into Pronunciation 1)


     1. Simplified form of 張


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