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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
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)
HSK 1
to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison
HSK 3
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
proportion / scale
HSK 3
score (of a game or competition)
HSK 4
to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
for example
HSK 2
for example; for instance; such as
HSK 2
to compare
HSK 3
competition (sports etc) / match / CL: 場|场, / to compete
HSK 3
to be just like; can be compared to
HSK 7-9
proportion / specific gravity
HSK 5
sporting competition
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利時|比利时
signal-to-noise ratio
stadium / playing field for a competition
to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
HSK 7-9
waist-to-hip ratio
to liken oneself to (sb or sth)
lined up close (like teeth of a comb)
compared with
HSK 7-9
(statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
Caribbean Sea
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
HSK 7-9
percentage
HSK 7-9
proportion; percentage
by comparison
HSK 7-9
kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)
can be compared / to be very similar
to vary inversely / inversely proportional to
cost-performance ratio
HSK 7-9
Colombia (country in South America) / Columbia (name of various entities, mostly in the USA)
extremely ugly / incomparably hideous
inverse square law (physics)
can't compare with
HSK 7-9
BYD Company (company name)
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away
(loanword) rupee (Indian currency)
to make invidious comparisons / to compete with / to emulate
stroke play (golf)
comparative degree
comparative literature
(loanword) daddy
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
for example; for instance
Pisa, town in Toscana, Italy
(loanword) pizza
can be found everywhere
HSK 7-9
comparable
pizza (loanword) / CL: 張|张
beauty contest
(proverb) constantly comparing oneself to others only leads to dissatisfaction and envy
Iberian Peninsula
Columbia University
Mississippi River
contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast
comparison / to verify by comparing
(rocketry) specific impulse
(slang) silly but amusing person
to fly wing to wing (idiom) / two hearts beating as one / (of a couple) inseparable
incomparable; matchless
HSK 7-9
direct proportionality
to compare prices; to compare offers / price ratio; price parity; rate of exchange
Sotheby's auction house
(statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year; year over year
to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison
comparative analysis
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
having matchless strength
far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
Libya
comparatively speaking
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!
Iberia / the Iberian peninsula
(psychology) contrastive association
BYD Auto, PRC car company
Liberia
Gambia (Tw)
Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam)
unlike
screen-to-body ratio (of a smartphone etc)
to conspire / to gang up
(literary) when / by the time / Taiwan pr. [bi4 ji2]
martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest
specific heat
analogy / (Tw) (electronics) analog
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
Belgium
(Internet slang) to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands)
love is more solid than gold (idiom)
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
Beverly Hills
to liken to / to compare to
(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal / Taiwan pr. [bi4 bu3]
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")

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