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Mythic Mandarin

倍 (bèi): meaning and stroke order

倍 (bèi) means (two, three etc) -fold, times (multiplier), double, to increase or multiply.

倍

Simplified
倍
Traditional
倍 (same form)
Pinyin
bèi

Stroke order of 倍

倍

  • bèi (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier)
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 倍

  1. bèi
    • (two, three etc) -fold
    • times (multiplier)
    • double
    • to increase or multiply

Radical and structure

倍
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 10 strokes · 亻 on the left, 咅 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

倍 in our stories

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  • 这是她等了很久的机会：工资翻一倍，还能带一个二十人的团队。

    zhè shì tā děng le hěn jiǔ de jīhuì gōngzī fān yí bèi hái néng dài yí gè èrshí rén de tuánduì

    It was the chance she had been waiting for: double the salary and a team of twenty.

    From the story No perfect answer HSK 6

Stories using 倍

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).