1. 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)
  2. 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')
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. verb to gesture (with hands)
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 4)
  7. verb to make an analogy
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 5)
  8. noun an analogy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 譬喻 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 1)
  9. noun an example
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 事例 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 2)

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