比
bǐpí HSK1

to compare

比 bǐ frequency
[comparison] preposition
Used to introduce the object being compared to the subject, meaning "than" or "compared with".

他几乎比你大三十岁。

tā jī​hū bǐ nǐ dà sān​shí suì.

He's almost 30 years older than you.

比海更深的是什么呢？

bǐ hǎi gèng shēn de shì shén​me ne?

What is deeper than the sea?

to compare verb
To compare; to contrast; to compete or measure one's skills against another

你在拿我和上帝比？

nǐ zài ná wǒ hé shàng​dì bǐ?

Are you comparing me to God?

to liken verb
To liken to; to use as a metaphor or analogy.
ratio preposition
The relationship between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

他们以3比5输掉了第一场。

tā​men yǐ3 bǐ5 shū diào le dì​yī chǎng.

They lost the first game 5 to 3.

score prepositionnoun
The score in a match or competition, expressed as the points gained by each side.

法国最终3比1胜出。

fǎ​guó zuì​zhōng3 bǐ1 shèng​chū.

France eventually won 3–1.

to match adverbverb
To be equal to; to be able to compare with
to gesture
To gesture with one's hands; to mimic an action or shape with a hand motion.
Belgium
Abbreviation for 比利时 bǐ​lì​shí.
to be next to
To be near; to be adjacent; to be shoulder to shoulder.
to collude
(literary) To associate with; to be partisan; to collude for a selfish purpose.
by the time
(literary) By the time; when; until.
frequently
(literary) Frequently; repeatedly; time and again.
surname
A Chinese surname.
Hexagram 8
One of the 64 I Ching hexagrams (䷇), representing "Grouping Together" or "Union".
metaphor
One of the six rhetorical devices of the Classic of Poetry 诗经 shī​jīng, involving explicit metaphor or analogy
比 pí
tiger skin
(bound form) (literary) Used in the word 皋比 gāo​pí meaning a tiger skin used as a seat cover or a teacher's rostrum.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
199th most common 1036.9 per million
Movie subtitles
163rd most common 1106.7 per million appears in 97% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
637.1 per million appears in 89% of films
Written text
768.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+6BD4

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)