(bǐ) - compared to, than in Mandarin

bǐ

Traditional: 比

HSK 2

#214 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

compared to, than

Word origin

比 is a pictograph showing two people standing side by side facing the same direction, conveying the idea of comparing one with another. It means to compare or, as a grammatical word, 'than'.

Origin: pictograph
Root: two figures side by side

Stroke order

比

Examples

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He is taller than me.

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Today is colder than yesterday.

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This one is better than that one.

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My older brother is taller than me.

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This year is hotter than last year.

比 (bǐ) means compared to, than. It is used as a preposition in everyday Mandarin speech.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 比.

比赛bǐ sàicompetition, match, game; to compete 比较bǐ jiàocompare, comparatively, relatively, rather 比如bǐ rúfor example, such as 比尔bǐ ěrBill (given name)比利bǐ lìBilly (given name)

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This word is part of lesson 5.