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比
bǐ
1.
(particle used for comparison and "-er than")
2.
to compare
3.
to contrast
4.
to gesture (with hands)
5.
ratio
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不比
bùbǐ
unlike
反比
fǎnbǐ
inversely proportional
可比
kěbǐ
comparable
同比
tóngbǐ
over the same period
好比
hǎobǐ
to be just like
对比
duìbǐ
to contrast
戈比
gēbǐ
kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)
拉比
lābǐ
rabbi (loanword)
排比
páibǐ
parallelism (grammar)
攀比
pānbǐ
to make invidious comparisons
昵比
nìbì
intimate
杜比
Dùbǐ
Dolby (audio technology)
栉比
zhìbǐ
lined up close (like teeth of a comb)
正比
zhèngbǐ
direct ratio
比丘
Bǐqiū
Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
比亚
Bǐyà
Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence
比来
bǐlái
lately
比例
bǐlì
proportion
比值
bǐzhí
specific value
比价
bǐjià
price relations
Example Sentences (10)
现在的大学生一遇到不明白的问题，可以马上在网上查找答案，几秒钟就把问题解决了，这比我们上学的时候方便多了。
Xiànzài de dàxuéshēng yí yùdào bù míngbái de wèntí, kěyǐ mǎshàng zài wǎngshàng cházhǎo dá'àn, jǐ miǎozhōng jiù bǎ wèntí jiějué le, zhè bǐ wǒmen shàngxué de shíhòu fāngbiàn duō le.
Nowadays, college students can immediately look up answers online when they encounter a question they don't understand and solve it in a few seconds. This is much more convenient than when we were in school.
Text 2
你最近比以前来得早多了，搬家了？
Nǐ zuìjìn bǐ yǐqián lái de zǎo duō le, bānjiā le?
You've been coming much earlier lately. Did you move?
Text 3
马可比我高，我比马可矮一点儿。
Mǎkě bǐ wǒ gāo, wǒ bǐ Mǎkě ǎi yìdiǎnr.
Marco is taller than me; I'm a little shorter than Marco.
Text 1
马可比我高，我比马可矮一点儿。
Mǎkě bǐ wǒ gāo, wǒ bǐ Mǎkě ǎi yìdiǎnr.
Marco is taller than me; I'm a little shorter than Marco.
Text 1
不一样。您看，学校外边的房子比学校里边的大一些。
Bù yí yàng. Nín kàn, xué xiào wài bian de fáng zi bǐ xué xiào lǐ bian de dà yì xiē.
Not the same. Look, the houses outside the school are a bit bigger than the ones inside.
Text 4
在工作的前几年，重要的是丰富自己的工作经验，学习与同事交流的方法，积累专业知识，这些比收入重要多了。
Zài gōngzuò de qián jǐ nián, zhòngyào de shì fēngfù zìjǐ de gōngzuò jīngyàn, xuéxí yǔ tóngshì jiāoliú de fāngfǎ, jīlěi zhuānyè zhīshi, zhèxiē bǐ shōurù zhòngyào duō le.
In the first few years of work, it is important to enrich your own work experience, learn ways to communicate with colleagues, and accumulate professional knowledge. These are much more important than income.
Text 5
因为这个世界很大，“天外有天，人外有人”，很可能有人在这方面比你更厉害。
Yīnwèi zhège shìjiè hěn dà, " tiānwài yǒu tiān, rénwài yǒu rén", hěn kěnéng yǒu rén zài zhè fāngmiàn bǐ nǐ gèng lìhài.
Because this world is very big, "there is always a higher sky and someone better," it is very likely that someone is better than you in this area.
Text 5
我们小时候都听过美人鱼的故事，其实真正的海底世界比故事里写的更美。
Wǒmen xiǎoshíhòu dōu tīngguò měirényú de gùshì, qíshí zhēnzhèng de hǎidǐ shìjiè bǐ gùshì lǐ xiě de gèng měi.
When we were little, we all heard stories about mermaids. In fact, the real undersea world is even more beautiful than the stories describe.
Text 5
别提了！我以为新工作比以前的好，没想到还没有以前好呢。
Bié tí le! Wǒ yǐwéi xīn gōngzuò bǐ yǐqián de hǎo, méi xiǎngdào hái méiyǒu yǐqián hǎo ne.
Don't bring it up! I thought the new job would be better than my old one, but it turns out it's still not as good as my old one.
Text 1
原来寄信需要好几天，现在连邮局都不用去，只要在家里上网发个电子邮件，用不了一分钟，远处的朋友就能收到，比写信封用的时间都短。
Yuánlái jì xìn xūyào hǎo jǐ tiān, xiànzài lián yóujú dōu bùyòng qù, zhǐyào zài jiālǐ shàngwǎng fā gè diànzǐ yóujiàn, yòng bù liǎo yì fēnzhōng, yuǎnchù de péngyǒu jiù néng shōudào, bǐ xiě xìnfēng yòng de shíjiān dōu duǎn.
It used to take several days to mail a letter. Now you don’t even need to go to the post office; just go online at home and send an email; it takes less than a minute, and friends far away can receive it, which is even shorter than the time spent addressing an envelope.
Text 5
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 198
- Word Frequency Rank
- 119 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 81