Chinese symbol for “figuratively”
比喻
bǐ yù
to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for figuratively is 比喻 (bǐ yù), defined as: to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 比喻.
| 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 |
| 隐喻 (隱喻) | yǐn yù | metaphor |
| 家喻户晓 (家喻戶曉) | jiā yù hù xiǎo | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name |
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.