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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
for example
HSK 2
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
proportion / scale
HSK 3
competition (sports etc) / match / CL: 場|场, / to compete
HSK 3
score (of a game or competition)
HSK 4
for example; for instance; such as
HSK 2
to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison
HSK 3
proportion / specific gravity
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利時|比利时
to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
HSK 7-9
compared with
HSK 7-9
for example; for instance
score (of a game or competition)
can't compare with
HSK 7-9
scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale
to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
HSK 7-9
pizza (loanword) / CL: 張|张
can be found everywhere
HSK 7-9
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
BYD Auto, PRC car company
BYD Company (company name)
sporting event / item on program of sports competition
(literary) when / by the time / Taiwan pr. [bi4 ji2]
martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest
Bitcoin (cryptocurrency)
(Internet slang) to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands)
comparatively speaking
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")
to liken to / to compare to
to compete fiercely / contest
to defeat; to be superior to
according to / in the light of / contrast
to compare prices; to compare offers / price ratio; price parity; rate of exchange
Pyrenees mountains
bit (binary digit) (loanword)
(HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
flatfish / flounder
Pisa, town in Toscana, Italy
(loanword) pizza
to make a V sign (esp. when posing for photos)
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task
to gesture / to gesticulate / to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher / to fight / to come to blows
arm wrestling (Tw)
comparison / to verify by comparing
comparative literature
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
to make a comparison / to engage in a contest
Białystok, city in Poland
ratio
bikini (loanword)
Bill (name)
Bill Gates (1955-), co-founder of Microsoft
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手畫腳|比手画脚
(Tw) to compete / contest
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
to be shoulder to shoulder / (fig.) to be as good as; to match / Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific
specific humidity
comparative analysis
comparative degree
Belgium
Bielefeld (city in Germany)
(rocketry) specific impulse
stadium / playing field for a competition
Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
yield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon)
to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison
(Tw) Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau
(loanword) peso (monetary unit)
Pyrenees mountains
Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人
to give a thumbs-up
(bird species of China) Bianchi's warbler (Phylloscopus valentini)
ratio; rate; proportion
Beelzebub
stroke play (golf)
to give the middle finger
lately / recently
Bihar, state in eastern India
Bay of Biscay
to liken to / to compare to
pit bull (loanword)
to draw a parallel
Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence
Bienne, Switzerland
Georges Bizet (1838–1875), French composer
colorimetric analysis
Leaning Tower of Pisa
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
euphemistic variant of
to compare two unsatisfactory things / to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism) / whataboutery
(surname) Bittner or Büttner
to fly wing to wing (idiom) / two hearts beating as one / (of a couple) inseparable
(flying) wing to wing

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