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
- 恩比天大 to be as kind and benevolent as heaven
- 比喻义(比喻義) figurative meaning (of a word)
- 较比(較比) comparatively; fairly; quite; rather; relatively
- 比埃兹巴伯(比埃茲巴伯) Beelzebub
- 对比温度(對比溫度) temperature contrast; difference in temperature (of body to its surroundings)
- 比对(比對) to compare ; since; as
- 比容 specific volume
- 比分 score
- 比如 for example; for instance; such as ; such as
- 埃塞俄比亚界(埃塞俄比亞界) Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm
- 阿比 servile ; a grebe ; Abby; Abigail
- 华盛顿哥伦比亚特区(華盛頓哥倫比亞特區) Washington D.C.
- 印度尼西亚卢比(印度尼西亞盧比) Indonesian rupiah
- 比较分析(比較分析) comparative analysis
- 昵比 intimate
- 天涯若比邻(天涯若比鄰) far-flung realms as next door; close in spirit although far away
- 瘦死的骆驼比马大(瘦死的駱駝比馬大) even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse; even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
- 存款准备金比率(存款準備金比率) required reserve ratio
- 比来(比來) lately; recently
- 公设比(公設比) shared-facilities ratio (expressed as a percentage of the total floor space of a building)
- 不怕不识货,只怕货比货(不怕不識貨,只怕貨比貨) don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them
- 贾斯汀·比伯(賈斯汀·比伯) Justin Bieber
- 莫桑比克梅蒂卡尔(莫桑比克梅蒂卡爾) Mozambique metical
- 比心 to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands)
- 古巴比索 Cuban peso
- 接踵比肩 people shoulder-to-shoulder; many people
- 比较文学(比較文學) comparative literature
- 平方反比律 inverse square law
- 复比(複比) compound ratio (i.e. the product of two or more ratios)
- 比登天还难(比登天還難) even harder than reaching the sky; extremely difficult; far from an easy task
- 比起 compared with
- 比湿(比濕) specific humidity
- 反比例 inversely proportional
- 栉比(櫛比) to line up close
- 比较(比較) to compare; to contrast ; fairly; comparatively; relatively; quite; rather
Also contained in
加勒比海 、 比特 、 内比都 、 利比里亚 、 英属哥伦比亚 、 比量相违过 、 利比亚 、 哥伦比亚大学 、 阿比西尼亚 、 劫比罗伐窣堵国 、 马丘比丘 、 劫比他国 、 比叡山 、 比萨斜塔 、 苏富比 、 密西西比州
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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
- 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
- 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
- 比公 (比公) 莒犁比公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — 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