Passive voice is not used frequently in the Chinese language. However, Kieng, which means to experience or see, can be placed prior to the verb and after in case there is an auxiliary to form passive verbs. Seu, which means to suffer or receive, is usually used prior to the verbs to indicate action that has been endured by the noun that came before the verb.
Both of these forms of passive voice Chinese can be used without giving names of the thing or person that performed the action. When either Kieng or Seu are used prior to an active word so that it becomes passive, it turns into a principle verb. The words used to indicate the suffering or action that has been endured or received turn into verbal nouns in an accusative case.
An example of another form used is ‘Nguai k’ëüh I pa’, this means ‘I allowed him to hit me.’ In passive, it is, ‘I was hit by him’. In other forms, it is necessary to name the thing or the person that has done the action.