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Mythic Mandarin

比如 (bǐ rú): meaning and stroke order

比如 (bǐ rú) means for example; for instance; such as.

比如

Simplified
比如
Traditional
比如 (same form)
Pinyin
bǐ rú

Stroke order of 比如

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

Stroke by stroke

如

  • rú as; as if
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 比如

  1. bǐ rú
    • for example; for instance; such as

Radicals of the characters

比
Radical 比 (Kangxi radical 81) · 4 strokes · 匕 on the left, 匕 on the right
如
Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 6 strokes · 女 on the left, 口 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.

比如 in our stories

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  • 这个成语在今天也很有用。比如，有的公司天天喊“欢迎创新”，可员工真提出一个新想法，领导却说风险太大。

    zhè gè chéngyǔ zài jīntiān yě hěn yǒuyòng bǐrú yǒu de gōngsī tiāntiān hǎn huānyíng chuàngxīn kě yuángōng zhēn tíchū yí gè xīn xiǎngfǎ lǐngdǎo què shuō fēngxiǎn tài dà

    The idiom is still very useful today. For example, some companies proclaim "We welcome innovation" every day, but when an employee actually proposes a new idea, management says it's too risky.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 比如

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).