比 bì

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

Contained in

• 利比亚第纳尔(利比亞第納爾) Libyan dinar
• 比例 proportion; scale
• 好比 to be just like ; can be compared to
• 方差比 variance ratio
• 平方反比定律 inverse-square law
• 史奴比 Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
• 阿比西尼亚官话(阿比西尼亞官話) Amharic
• 哇沙比 wasabi
• 瓦萨比(瓦薩比) wasabi
• 比较分析(比較分析) comparative analysis
• 信噪比 signal-to-noise ratio
• 盖茨比(蓋茨比) Gatsby
• 尚比亚(尚比亞) Zambia
• 有得一比 can be compared; to be very similar
• 卢比(盧比) rupee
• 衣索比亚(衣索比亞) Ethiopia
• 比腕力 arm wrestling
• 安替比林 antipyrine
• 比利牛斯 Pyrenees mountains
• 毛里求斯卢比(毛裡求斯盧比) Mauritian rupee
• 比一比 to make a comparison; to engage in a contest
• 印度卢比(印度盧比) Indian rupee
• 比及 when; by the time
• 氨基比林 aminopyrine
• 对比温度(對比溫度) temperature contrast; difference in temperature (of body to its surroundings)
• 比画(比畫) to gesture; to gesticulate
• 瓦哈比派 Wahhabism
• 比较而言(比較而言) comparatively speaking
• 比萨(比薩) pizza
• 力比多 libido
• 墨西哥比索(墨西哥比索) Mexican peso
• 对比度(對比度) contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup); degree of contrast
• 复比(複比) compound ratio (i.e. the product of two or more ratios)
• 异戊巴比妥(異戊巴比妥) amobarbital
• 比较美学(比較美學) comparitive aesthetics

Also contained in

几内亚比索 、 艾比湖 、 计算机比喻 、 比特 、 比才 、 伊比利亚半岛 、 排比 、 卢比安纳 、 威廉·莎士比亚 、 豪伊杜·比豪尔州 、 比叡山 、 加勒比海 、 比亚迪汽车 、 哥伦比亚特区 、 不列颠哥伦比亚 、 比安

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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
• 君比 (君比) 薛弒其君比 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3