比
bǐpí HSK1

to compare

Senses

比 bǐ [comparison]

Used to introduce the object being compared to the subject, meaning "than" or "compared with".

比 bǐ to compare

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

比 bǐ to liken

To liken to; to use as a metaphor or analogy.

比 bǐ ratio

The relationship between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

比 bǐ score

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

比 bǐ to match

To be equal to; to be able to compare with

比 bǐ to gesture

To gesture with one's hands; to mimic an action or shape with a hand motion.

比 bǐ (also bì) to be next to

To be near; to be adjacent; to be shoulder to shoulder.

比 bǐ (also bì) to collude

(literary) To associate with; to be partisan; to collude for a selfish purpose.

比 bǐ (also bì) by the time

(literary) By the time; when; until.

比 bǐ (also bì) frequently

(literary) Frequently; repeatedly; time and again.

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.

比 bǐ surname

A Chinese surname.

比 bǐ (also bì) Hexagram 8

One of the 64 I Ching hexagrams (䷇), representing "Grouping Together" or "Union".

比 bǐ metaphor

One of the six rhetorical devices of the Classic of Poetry 诗经 shī​jīng, involving explicit metaphor or analogy

References

abbreviation 比/比 → 比利时/比利時
see 比/比 → 皋比/皋比
see 还/還 → 比/比
same_as 较/較 → 比/比
see 视/視 → 比/比
see 比兴/比興 → 比/比
see 赋比兴/賦比興 → 比/比
see 比部/比部 → 比/比
see 比不得/比不得 → 比/比
old_variant 夶/夶 → 比/比