比 (bǐ)
to compare; than; ratio
How 比 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Traditional
- 比
- Simplified
- 比 (unchanged)
比 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- bǐ
- Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- bì
- to associate with; to be near
Common words using 比
- 好比 hǎobǐ
- be just like; can be compared to
- 對比 duìbǐ
- to contrast; contrast; ratio
- 性價比 xìngjiàbǐ
- quality-price ratio
- 比例 bǐlì
- proportion; scale
- 比如 bǐrú
- for example; for instance; such as
- 比賽 bǐsài
- competition (sports etc); match; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
- 比起 bǐqǐ
- compared with
- 比較 bǐjiào
- to compare; to contrast; comparatively
- 無比 wúbǐ
- incomparable; matchless
- 相比 xiāngbǐ
- to compare
- 丘比特 qiūbǐtè
- Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty
- 今非昔比 jīnfēixībǐ
- You can't compare the present with the past.; Nothing is as good as in former times.; Things ain't what they used to be.
比 in a sentence
今天比昨天冷。
Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān lěng.
“Today is colder than yesterday.”
How common is 比?
比 is the 199th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 55.7% of all running text.
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