比
Meanings
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- 1.to compare
- 2.(followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
- 3.ratio
- 4.to gesture
- 5.(Taiwan pr. [bì] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- 1.Belgium
- 2.Belgian
- 3.abbr. for 比利时[Bǐ lì shí]
- 1.euphemistic variant of 屄[bī]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to compare; to contrast; to have a contest
- 2.to liken; to draw an analogy to
- 3.to emulate; to copy; to imitate
- 4.to match; to be equal
- 5.to be the ratio of; ... to ...
- 6.indicating the score of a match
- 7.to gesticulate; to gesture
- 8.metaphor; analogy
- 9.ratio; proportion
- 10.than; more ... than; -er compared to
- 11.Used in transcription.
- 12.to be next to; to be near to; to stand close together; to lie next to
- 13.to cling to; to collude with
- 14.intimate; close; friendly
- 15.dense; closely packed
- 16.harmonious; melodious
- 17.all; completely
- 18.lately; recently
- 19.frequently; repeatedly
- 20.until; till
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Etymology
Chu Wan-li (1948): Phonetic compound (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ): phonetic 匕 (OC *pilʔ) + phonetic 匕 (OC *pilʔ). Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 人 (“man”) + 人 – to juxtapose. Similar but unrelated to 从, 尼, 化 and 北. Perhaps from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *phi-r/n/s (“late, behind, after, outside”) (STEDT root #5883). Cognate with 頻 (OC *bin, “several in succession”); outside of Sinitic, compare Proto-Naga *pʰaːy (“after”), as well as possibly Burmese ပြင် (prang, “outside”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我比你高。
I'm taller than you.
我比你矮。
I'm shorter than you.
他比我高。
He's taller than me.
马比鹿强。
Horses are stronger than deer.
他比我年轻。
He's younger than me.
他比湯姆矮。
He's shorter than Tom.
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Derived terms
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