比 - Mandarin word #214

比

bǐ

Traditional: 比

HSK 2

#214 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

compared to, than

Stroke order

比

。

He is taller than me.

。

Today is colder than yesterday.

。

This one is better than that one.

。

My older brother is taller than me.

热rè。

This year is hotter than last year.

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

多

many, much, more

更

even more, still more

小

small, little, young

一样

same, alike, equally

最

most, -est (superlative)

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 比.

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 5.