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

• 比率 ratio; rate; percentage ; proportional
• 拉比 rabbi; rabbanim
• 斯里兰卡卢比(斯里蘭卡盧比) Sri Lankan rupee
• 恩比天大 to be as kind and benevolent as heaven
• 化学比色法(化學比色法) chemical colorimetry
• 天涯若比邻(天涯若比鄰) far-flung realms as next door; close in spirit although far away
• 长距离比赛(長距離比賽) marathon
• 存款准备金比率(存款準備金比率) required reserve ratio
• 莫桑比克梅蒂卡尔(莫桑比克梅蒂卡爾) Mozambique metical
• 大比目鱼(大比目魚) halibut
• 比来(比來) lately; recently
• 爸比 daddy
• 追比 to flog; to cane (as punishment)
• 选美比赛(選美比賽) beauty contest
• 波比跳 burpee
• 栉比而居(櫛比而居) living in dwellings packed closely like teeth in a comb
• 亚比玉(亞比玉) Abiud (son of Zerubbabel)
• 昵比 intimate
• 比基尼岛(比基尼島) Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific
• 力大无比(力大無比) having matchless strength
• 利比亚第纳尔(利比亞第納爾) Libyan dinar
• 埃塞俄比亚界(埃塞俄比亞界) Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm
• 比做 to liken to; to compare to
• 比较美学(比較美學) comparitive aesthetics
• 比心 to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands)
• 无与伦比(無與倫比) incomparable
• 比比皆然 found everywhere
• 印度卢比(印度盧比) Indian rupee
• 带着希望去旅行，比到达终点更美好(帶著希望去旅行，比到達終點更美好) It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
• 腓立比书(腓立比書) Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians
• 拉格比 Rugby (game) / Rugby school in England
• 无比(無比) incomparable; unparalleled
• 性别比(性別比) sex ratio
• 比比皆是 able to be found anywhere; available everywhere ; can be found anywhere
• 本益比 P⁄ E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
• 比作 to liken to; to compare to
• 相比 to be compared to
• 比特币(比特幣) bitcoin
• 毛里求斯卢比(毛裡求斯盧比) Mauritian rupee

Also contained in

比特 、 伊比利亚半岛 、 加勒比海 、 比叡山 、 比才 、 佐格比国际 、 无比法 、 埃塞俄比亚 、 比利时 、 契沙比克湾 、 史高比耶 、 阿比让

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 曰比 (曰比) 三曰比 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 3