比 — Chinese character
比
bǐ
to compare, liken; comparison; than
- Pinyin
- bǐ
- Radical
- 81 ⽐ (Compare)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 匕 匕
- Formation
- ideographic — Two spoons 匕 side-by-side; 匕 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 比 as a kanji
Common words with 比
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比较 (比較) | bǐ jiào | to compare; to contrast |
| 比赛 (比賽) | bǐ sài | competition (sports etc); match |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比例 | bǐ lì | proportion; scale |
| 相比 | xiāng bǐ | to compare |
| 对比 (對比) | duì bǐ | to contrast; contrast |
| 无比 (無比) | wú bǐ | incomparable; matchless |
| 同比 | tóng bǐ | (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year; year over year |
| 比起 | bǐ qǐ | compared with |
| 比如说 (比如說) | bǐ rú shuō | for example |
| 比重 | bǐ zhòng | proportion; (physics) specific gravity |
| 比率 | bǐ lǜ | ratio; rate; proportion |
English words written with 比
比 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 7 · I Ching 6 · Mencius 14 · Zhuangzi 38
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Analects 2.14
- Analects 4.10
- Analects 7.1
- Analects 11.25
- Analects 18.1
- Hexagram 8
- Mencius 1A.5
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