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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)

比索
Bǐsuǒ
Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau (Tw)
牛比
niúbī
variant of [[牛屄<niúbī>]]
比拟
bǐnǐ
to compare
比画
bǐhua
variant of [[比劃|比划<bǐhua>]]
比起
bǐqǐ
compared with
无比
wúbǐ
incomparable
HSK 6
比容
bǐróng
specific volume
比捕
bǐbǔ
(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal
比热
bǐrè
specific heat
比率
bǐlǚ
ratio
比萨
Bǐsà
Pisa, town in Toscana, Italy
比赛
bǐsài
competition (sports etc)
HSK 3
比邻
bǐlín
neighbor
比量
bǐliang
to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
比划
bǐhua
to gesture
比安
Bǐān
Bienne, Switzerland
比干
BǐGān
Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
比拼
bǐpīn
to compete fiercely
比武
bǐwǔ
martial arts competition
比照
bǐzhào
according to

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
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
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
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
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
我比马可大两岁。
Wǒ bǐ Mǎ kě dà liǎng suì.
I am two years older than Marco.
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

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