比 (Bǐ): meaning and stroke order
比 (Bǐ) means Belgium, Belgian, abbr. for 比利时, to compare.
比
- Simplified
- 比
- Traditional
- 比 (same form)
- Pinyin
- Bǐ · bī
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Stroke order of 比
比
- Bǐ Belgium; Belgian
- bī euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]
- bǐ to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 比
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Bǐ
- Belgium
- Belgian
- abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
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bǐ
- to compare
- (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
- ratio
- to gesture
- (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
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bī
- euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]
Radical and structure
- 比
- Radical 比 (Kangxi radical 81) · 4 strokes · 匕 on the left, 匕 on the right
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Words with 比
- 比作 bǐ zuò to liken to; to compare to
- 比如 bǐ rú for example; for instance; such as
- 比赛 bǐ sài competition (sports etc); match
- 比喻 bǐ yù to compare; to liken to
- 比起 bǐ qǐ compared with
- 比例 bǐ lì proportion; scale
- 比较 bǐ jiào to compare; to contrast
- 性价比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio
- 相比之下 xiāng bǐ zhī xià by comparison
比 in our stories
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没想到，这个城里来的老师投篮竟然比他们都准，孩子们一下子围了过来。
méi xiǎngdào zhè gè chéngli lái de lǎoshī tóulán jìngrán bǐ tāmen dōu zhǔn háizimen yíxiàzi wéi le guòlai
To their surprise, this teacher from the city was a better shot than all of them, and the children instantly crowded round.
From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5
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报名的人比想象的多得多：有德国学生，有意大利学生，还有一个土耳其厨师带来的队。
bàomíng de rén bǐ xiǎngxiàng de duō de duō yǒu Déguó xuésheng yǒu Yìdàlì xuésheng háiyǒu yí gè Tǔ'ěrqí chúshī dàilái de duì
Far more people signed up than they had imagined: German students, Italian students, and a team led by a Turkish chef.
From the story Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5
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两人一算，就算只涨百分之五，供应商这边的利润也比原来一年一签要高。
liǎng rén yí suàn jiùsuàn zhǐ zhǎng bǎi fēn zhī wǔ gōngyìngshāng zhèbiān de lìrùn yě bǐ yuánlái yì nián yì qiān yào gāo
They ran the numbers: even with only a five-percent rise, the supplier's profit would be higher than with the old year-by-year contracts.
From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 比
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
- Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5
- A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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).