比 bì
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bì
verb
to associate with; be near
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 亲近 (Guoyu '比' bì v 1) -
bǐ
verb
to compare; to contrast
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: For example, 我比你岁数大点 'I am a little older than you.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174; Guoyu '比' v 1; Unihan '比') -
bǐ
preposition
used for comparison
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: A comparative preposition (Guoyu '比' prep; Sun 2006, loc. 1743) -
bǐ
radical
Kangxi radical 81
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '比' bǐ n 4) -
bǐ
adverb
by the time that; when
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 比 indicates a temporal sequence in this sense in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 159). For example, 比其反也 'on his return' (Mengzi: 2.6/10/17, translation by Legge) -
bǐ
verb
to gesture (with hands)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 4) -
bǐ
verb
to make an analogy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 5) -
bǐ
noun
an analogy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 譬喻 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 1) -
bǐ
noun
an example
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 事例 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 2)
Contained in
- 好比 to be just like ; can be compared to
- 比值 specific value; ratio
- 存款准备金比率(存款準備金比率) required reserve ratio
- 异戊巴比妥(異戊巴比妥) amobarbital
- 波美比重计(波美比重計) Baume hydrometer
- 本那比市 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- 对比度(對比度) contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup); degree of contrast
- 埃塞俄比亚比尔(埃塞俄比亞比爾) Ethiopian birr
- 比烂(比爛) to compare two unsatisfactory things; to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism); whataboutery
- 比武 martial arts competition; tournament; to compete in a contest
- 焦比 focal ratio; f-stop; f-number
- 皇家加勒比海游轮公司(皇家加勒比海遊輪公司) Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
- 成反比 to vary inversely; inversely proportional to
- 贾斯汀·比伯(賈斯汀·比伯) Justin Bieber
- 无与伦比(無與倫比) incomparable
- 哥伦比亚河(哥倫比亞河) Columbia River
- 比肩而事 to work together shoulder-to-shoulder
- 瓦哈比派 Wahhabism
- 哥伦比亚比索(哥倫比亞比索) Colombian peso
- 比较分析(比較分析) comparative analysis
- 瓦哈比教派 Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam)
- 拉格比 Rugby (game) / Rugby school in England
- 体育比赛(體育比賽) sporting competition
- 巴比伦(巴比倫) Babylon; Babylonia
- 比重 proportion ; specific gravity
- 阿比西尼亚官话(阿比西尼亞官話) Amharic
- 莫三比克 Mozambique
- 等额比基金(等額比基金) equality ration fund, a charitable investment fund that can be drawn down in proportion to further donations
- 甘比亚(甘比亞) Gambia
- 比方 an analogy; an instance ; to make an analogy
- 相比之下 by comparison
- 利比亚第纳尔(利比亞第納爾) Libyan dinar
- 比作 to liken to; to compare to
- 体积百分比(體積百分比) percentage by volume
- 相比 to be compared to
- 氨基比林 aminopyrine
- 剥采比(剝採比) stripping-to-ore ratio; stripping ratio
- 将心比心(將心比心) to have sympathy for
- 比索 peso
- 比登天还难(比登天還難) even harder than reaching the sky; extremely difficult; far from an easy task
Also contained in
不列颠哥伦比亚省 、 比利时 、 劫比罗伐窣堵国 、 利比里亚 、 威廉·莎士比亚 、 纳米比亚 、 劫比他国 、 比亚斯河 、 赞比亚 、 艾比湖 、 比萨斜塔
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- 卷三十 魏書三十 烏丸鮮卑東夷傳 Volume 30: Book of Wei 30 - Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 39
- 卷八十四 志第三十四: 選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 34
- 第二十五 百官二 太常 光祿勳 衛尉 太僕 廷尉 大鴻臚 Volume 115: Officials Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 34
- 卷十九 百官公卿表 Volume 19: Table of nobility ranks and government offices Book of Han 漢書 — count: 33
- 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 31
- 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 27
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 26
- 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 25
- 卷七十一 志第二十四 律曆四 Volume 71 Treatises 24: Measures and Calendar 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
- 卷16 志第11 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 11: Measures and the Calendar 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 21
Collocations
- 公子比 (公子比) 公子比出奔晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 11
- 比蒲 (比蒲) 大蒐于比蒲 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 10
- 大比 (大比) 則大比 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 9
- 伯比 (伯比) 鬬伯比言于楚子曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
- 合比 (合比) 宋華合比 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
- 比曰 (比曰) 熊率且比曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 6
- 比出奔 (比出奔) 公子比出奔晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
- 比三 (比三) 以比三凶 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
- 比葬 (比葬) 比葬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
- 比物 (比物) 比物四驪 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧六月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Liu Yue — count: 3