Mabedi a chipatala ndi mitundu ina yofanana ya mabedi monga mabedi osamalira okalamba amagwiritsidwa ntchito osati m'zipatala zokha, koma m'zipatala zina zachipatala ndi zoikamo, monga nyumba zosungirako okalamba, nyumba zothandizira, zipatala zakunja, komanso m'nyumba zachipatala.
Ngakhale kuti mawu oti "bedi m'chipatala" angatanthauze bedi lenileni, mawu oti "bedi" amagwiritsidwanso ntchito ponena za kuchuluka kwa malo omwe ali m'chipatala, chifukwa chiwerengero cha odwala omwe ali pachipatalacho chimayesedwa kuti chilipo " mabedi."