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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
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

比
bǐ
to compare, liken; comparison; than
HSK 2 4 丶

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
HSK 5
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
HSK 5
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
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
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
比昨天便宜。
Bǐ zuótiān piányi.
Cheaper than yesterday.
Text 3
你比我早起一个小时。
Nǐ bǐ wǒ zǎo qǐ yí gè xiǎoshí.
You get up an hour earlier than me.
Text 1
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
二十五岁，他比我大三岁。
Èrshíwǔ suì,tā bǐ wǒ dà sān suì.
At twenty-five, he is three years older than me.
Text 2
她比我们老师小两岁。
Tā bǐ wǒmen lǎoshī xiǎo liǎng suì.
She is two years younger than our teacher.
Text 4

Alternate Entries

比
Bǐ
Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for [[比利時|比利时<Bǐlìshí>]]
HSK 2
比
bì
to associate with / to be near
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
198
Word Frequency Rank
119 of 84,292
Radical Number
81