Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.compare; contrast; compete; emulate
这家旅馆的服务谁也比不上。
This hotel can't be matched for its good service.
咱俩比一比,看谁更高。
Let's stand back to back and see who is taller.
我们要比谁先进。
We need to compare who is more advanced.
- 2
prep.than
三与五之比,等于五分之三。
The ratio of three to five is three fifths.
12比6等于2。
12 to 6 is equal to 2.
8比4等于2。
8 to 4 equals 2.
- 3
v.draw an analogy; liken to; be similar to
我不比她。
I am not like her.
你比不上我。
You can't compare to me.
这个没法比。
This is incomparable.
- 4
v.be the ratio of; ratio
投票的结果是七比一。
The result of the vote was seven to one.
这两个数值成正比。
These two values are directly proportional.
这两个数值成反比。
These two values are inversely proportional.
- 5
v.metaphor in poetry
人们经常把聪明的人比作诸葛亮。
People often compare a clever person to Zhuge Liang.
你把他比为智者。
You compare him to a wise man.
他被比为伟人。
He was compared to a great man.
- 6
v.to (in a score)
比赛结果是二比一。
The game ended one all.
以四比二获胜
win the match by a score of three to two
- 7
v.fmlclose together; next to; stand close together
比肩
shoulder to shoulder
- 8
v.fmlattach oneself to; cling to; collude with
朋比为奸
act in collusion with
- 9
adj.fmlrecently
比闻
recently heard
- 10
v.gesticulate; gesture
连说带比
gesticulate as one says
- 11
v.copy; model after
比着旧衣做新衣
pattern a new garment on an old one
比葫芦画瓢
draw a gourd ladle on a calabash
- 12
v.dialbe trained on; be directed at: aim at
拿枪比人
point a gun at people
Words and phrases with 比
- 比赛项目[word]event
- 比分[word]score
- 比赛场馆[word]competition gymnasiums and stadiums/venues
- 比试[word]have a competition/contest; make gestures
- 比方[word]analogy; suppose
- 比喻[word]compare one to another; metaphor
- 比例失调[word]disproportion
- 比邻[word]neighbour; near
- 比索[word]peso; peso
- 比翼齐飞[idiom]keep each other company all the time
- 比屋可封[idiom]Every house deserves a rank of nobility.
- 比肩继踵[idiom]stand shoulder to shoulder, and follow on the heels of another
- 比手画脚[idiom]illustrate with the help of gestures
- 比翼双飞[idiom]pair off wing to wing
- 比肩而立[idiom]be very near
- 比肩接踵[idiom]same as 比肩继踵
- 比比划划[idiom]gesticulate as one talks
- 比比皆是[idiom]be great in number
Word usage
- Note"比" is used to compare the differences of degree; and "跟" or "同" shows similarities and dissimilarities.