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倍
bèi
1.
(two, three etc) -fold
2.
times (multiplier)
3.
double
4.
to increase or multiply
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
三倍
sānbèi
triple
倍儿
bèir
very
倍塔
bèitǎ
beta (loanword)
倍增
bèizēng
to double
倍感
bèigǎn
to feel even more
倍数
bèishù
multiple
两倍
liǎngbèi
twice as much
加倍
jiābèi
to double
十倍
shíbèi
tenfold
安倍
Ānbèi
Abe (Japanese surname)
几倍
jǐbèi
several times (bigger)
百倍
bǎibèi
a hundredfold
翻倍
fānbèi
to double
双倍
shuāngbèi
twofold
二倍体
èrbèitǐ
diploid (in cell biology)
倍儿棒
bèirbàng
(dialect) awesome
倍增器
bèizēngqì
multiplier
倍足纲
bèizúgāng
Diplopoda (zoology)
倍足类
bèizúlèi
Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)
倍频器
bèipínqì
frequency multiplier
Example Sentences (1)
相反，如果方法不对，可能花五倍甚至十倍的时间都不能完成任务，结果变成了“事倍功半”。
Xiāngfǎn, Rúguǒ fāngfǎ bú duì, Kěnéng huā wǔ bèi shènzhì shí bèi de shíjiān dōu bù néng wánchéng rènwù, Jiéguǒ biànchéng le "shì bèi gōng bàn".
On the contrary, if the method is wrong, it may take five times or even ten times as long and still not finish the task, resulting in "twice the effort for half the result".
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,391
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,845 of 84,292