Chinese symbol for “compare”
比
bǐ
to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture
The closest CC-CEDICT match for compare is 比 (bǐ), defined as: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “compare”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 较 (較) | jiào | (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute |
| 比较 (比較) | bǐ jiào | to compare; to contrast |
| 相比 | xiāng bǐ | to compare |
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | to compare; to liken to |
| 比拟 (比擬) | bǐ nǐ | to compare; to draw a parallel |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “compare”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.