(particle used for comparison and "-er than"); to compare

HSK 2 #199

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 199th character
Radical ⽐ (81.0)
Strokes 4
Index # 105

Definitions

比 bǐ
  1. 1. (particle used for comparison and "-er than")
  2. 2. to compare
  3. 3. ratio
  4. 4. to contrast
  5. 5. to gesture (with hands)
  6. 6. abbr. for bǐ lì shí
  7. 7. Belgium
  8. 8. Belgian
比 bì
  1. 1. to be near
  2. 2. to associate with
比 bī
  1. 1. euphemistic variant of

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Words containing 比

Word Meaning
kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)
Leipzig, city in the state of Saxony, Germany
to evaluate (by comparison)
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
Gambia
directly proportional; direct ratio
scale; engineer's scale; architect's scale
specific heat
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia
inversely proportional; inverse ratio
year-on-year; over the same period
color contrast
parallelism (grammar)
variant of bǐ hua
to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
geometric series (such as 1+2+4+8+...)
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
true value shows only in comparison
true value shows in comparison
real quality shows when goods are compared
true value shows when you compare things