比
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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)
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #204 U+6BD4
How 比 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two spoons 匕 side-by-side; 匕 also provides the pronunciation
components: 匕 ×2
How to remember it
compare · Heisig RSH #456
spoon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 比 as their sound component
These characters all use 比 (bǐ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比 sound component | bǐ | to compare, liken; comparison; than |
| 批 | pī | comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale |
| 屁 | pì | to break wind, to fart; the buttocks |
| 毕 | bì | to finish, to conclude, to end; completed |
| 庇 | bì | cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor |
| 毙 | bì | to kill; to die a violent death |
| 琵 | pí | a guitar-like instrument (1) |
| 吡 | bǐ | to blame |
| 毗 | pí | to aid, to help; to adjoin, to connect |
| 秕 | bǐ | chaff, husk |
| 蚍 | pí | mussels, shellfish |
| 蓖 | bì | the castor-oil plant; Ricinus commumis |
| 砒 | pī | arsenic |
| 妣 | bǐ | one's deceased mother |
| 枇 | pí | loquat tree |
| 纰 | pī | carelessness; error, mistake; spoiled silk |
| 貔 | pí | fox, leopard, panther |
| 仳 | pǐ | separate, part company |
| 舭 | bǐ | bilge |
Words containing 比
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 力大无比 | lì dà wú bǐ | having matchless strength |
| 人比人，气死人 | rén bǐ rén , qì sǐ rén | (proverb) constantly comparing oneself to others only leads to dissatisfaction and envy |
| 比不上 | bǐ bù shàng | can't compare with |
| 化学比色法 | huà xué bǐ sè fǎ | chemical colorimetry |
| 有得一比 | yǒu dé yī bǐ | can be compared; to be very similar |
| 人比人得死 | rén bǐ rén děi sǐ | see 人比人，氣死人|人比人，气死人[ren2 bi3 ren2 , qi4 si3 ren2] |
| 阿比西尼亚人 | Ā bǐ xī ní yà rén | Abyssinian (person) |
| 不比 | bù bǐ | unlike |
| 利比里亚 | Lì bǐ lǐ yà | Liberia |
| 卡拉比拉 | Kǎ lā bǐ lā | Karabilah (Iraqi city) |
| 相比之下 | xiāng bǐ zhī xià | by comparison |
| 比心 | bǐ xīn | (Internet slang) to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both h… |
| 无比 | wú bǐ | incomparable; matchless |
| 比尔 | Bǐ ěr | Bill (name) |
| 力比多 | lì bǐ duō | (loanword) libido |
| 自比 | zì bǐ | to liken oneself to (sb or sth) |
| 利比亚 | Lì bǐ yà | Libya |
| 拉比 | lā bǐ | (loanword) rabbi |
| 比利时 | Bǐ lì shí | Belgium |
| 比利牛斯山 | Bǐ lì niú sī shān | Pyrenees mountains |