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HSK 5
HSK 5
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)
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
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
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
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
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
我觉得数学比历史难多了，我听不懂。
Wǒ juéde shùxué bǐ lìshǐ nán duō le, wǒ tīng bù dǒng.
I think math is much harder than history. I can't understand it.
Text 2
不怎么样，我妻子比我做得好。
Bù zěnme yàng,wǒ qīzi bǐ wǒ zuò de hǎo.
Not so good, my wife does it better than me.
Text 2
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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