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Definitions

  1. 1. Belgium
  2. 2. Belgian
  3. 3. to compare
  4. 4. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  5. 5. ratio
  6. 6. to gesture
  7. 7. (Taiwan pr. [bì] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

Example Sentences

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他媽媽看起來 實際年齡年輕。
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Words Containing 比

好比
hǎo bǐ

to be just like; can be compared to

对比
duì bǐ

to contrast

性价比
xìng jià bǐ

cost-performance ratio

比不上
bǐ bù shàng

can't compare with

比例
bǐ lì

proportion

比分
bǐ fēn

score

比喻
bǐ yù

to compare

比如
bǐ rú

for example

比如说
bǐ rú shuō

for example

比方
bǐ fang

analogy

比比皆是
bǐ bǐ jiē shì

can be found everywhere

比试
bǐ shì

to have a competition

比赛
bǐ sài

competition (sports etc)

比起
bǐ qǐ

compared with

比较
bǐ jiào

to compare

比重
bǐ zhòng

proportion

无比
wú bǐ

incomparable

百分比
bǎi fēn bǐ

percentage

相比
xiāng bǐ

to compare

相比之下
xiāng bǐ zhī xià

by comparison

不列颠哥伦比亚
bù liè diān gē lún bǐ yà

British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada

不列颠哥伦比亚省
bù liè diān gē lún bǐ yà shěng

British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada

不怕不识货,只怕货比货
bù pà bù shí huò , zhǐ pà huò bǐ huò

lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)

不怕不识货,就怕货比货
bù pà bù shí huò , jiù pà huò bǐ huò

lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)

不比
bù bǐ

unlike

丘比特
qiū bǐ tè

Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty

亚比利尼
yà bǐ lì ní

Abilene

亚比玉
yà bǐ yù

Abiud (son of Zerubbabel)

人比人,气死人
rén bǐ rén , qì sǐ rén

constantly comparing oneself to others will only make one angry (proverb)

今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ

things are very different now (idiom)

伊比利亚
yī bǐ lì yà

Iberia

伊比利亚半岛
yī bǐ lì yà bàn dǎo

Iberian Peninsula

信噪比
xìn zào bǐ

signal-to-noise ratio

传动比
chuán dòng bǐ

transmission ratio

内比都
nèi bǐ dū

Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw, capital of Myanmar

共模抑制比
gòng mó yì zhì bǐ

(electronics) common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR)

出席表决比例
chū xí biǎo jué bǐ lì

proportion of those present and voting

利比亚
lì bǐ yà

Libya

利比里亚
lì bǐ lǐ yà

Liberia

剥采比
bō cǎi bǐ

stripping-to-ore ratio

力大无比
lì dà wú bǐ

having matchless strength

力比多
lì bǐ duō

libido (loanword)

加勒比
jiā lè bǐ

Caribbean

加勒比国家联盟
jiā lè bǐ guó jiā lián méng

Association of Caribbean States

加勒比海
jiā lè bǐ hǎi

Caribbean Sea

努比亚
nǔ bǐ yà

Nubia

化学比色法
huà xué bǐ sè fǎ

chemical colorimetry

卡拉比拉
kǎ lā bǐ lā

Karabilah (Iraqi city)

反比
fǎn bǐ

inversely proportional

古巴比伦
gǔ bā bǐ lún

ancient Babylon

可比
kě bǐ

comparable

史努比
shǐ nǔ bǐ

Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)

史奴比
shǐ nú bǐ

Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)

同比
tóng bǐ

(statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year; year over year

哈比人
hā bǐ rén

Hobbit

哥伦比亚
gē lún bǐ yà

Colombia

哥伦比亚大学
gē lún bǐ yà dà xué

Columbia University

哥伦比亚广播公司
gē lún bǐ yà guǎng bō gōng sī

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

哥伦比亚特区
gē lún bǐ yà tè qū

District of Columbia, USA

在天愿做比翼鸟,在地愿做连理枝
zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī

In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined

埃塞俄比亚
āi sài é bǐ yà

Ethiopia

埃塞俄比亚界
āi sài é bǐ yà jiè

Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm

埃塞俄比亚语
āi sāi é bǐ yà yǔ

Ethiopic (language)

堪比
kān bǐ

to be comparable to

压缩比
yā suō bǐ

compression ratio

寿比南山
shòu bǐ nán shān

Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)

大比目鱼
dà bǐ mù yú

halibut

天涯比邻
tiān yá bǐ lín

see 天涯若比鄰|天涯若比邻[tiān yá ruò bǐ lín]

天涯若比邻
tiān yá ruò bǐ lín

far-flung realms as next door (idiom)

奇丑无比
qí chǒu wú bǐ

extremely ugly

奉辛比克党
fèng xīn bǐ kè dǎng

Funcinpec (royalist Cambodian political party)

契沙比克湾
qì shā bǐ kè wān

Chesapeake Bay

威廉·莎士比亚
wēi lián · shā shì bǐ yà

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright

安替比林
ān tì bǐ lín

antipyrine (loanword)

密西西比
mì xī xī bǐ

Mississippi

密西西比州
mì xī xī bǐ zhōu

Mississippi, US state

密西西比河
mì xī xī bǐ hé

Mississippi River

寇比力克
kòu bǐ lì kè

see 庫布里克|库布里克[kù bù lǐ kè]

将心比心
jiāng xīn bǐ xīn

to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)

对比度
duì bǐ dù

contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup)

对比温度
duì bǐ wēn dù

temperature contrast

对比联想
duì bǐ lián xiǎng

word association

对比色
duì bǐ sè

color contrast

展弦比
zhǎn xián bǐ

(wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)

冈比亚
gāng bǐ yà

Gambia

巴比Q
bā bǐ q

(slang) BBQ

巴比伦
bā bǐ lún

Babylon

巴比妥
bā bǐ tuǒ

barbitone

平方反比定律
píng fāng fǎn bǐ dìng lǜ

inverse-square law (physics)

平方反比律
píng fāng fǎn bǐ lǜ

inverse square law (physics)

平方成反比
píng fāng chéng fǎn bǐ

proportional to inverse square (physics)

几内亚比绍
jī nèi yà bǐ shào

Guinea-Bissau

底比斯
dǐ bǐ sī

Thebes, place name in ancient Egypt

性别比
xìng bié bǐ

sex ratio

恩比天大
ēn bǐ tiān dà

to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)

戈比
gē bǐ

kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)

戊巴比妥钠
wù bā bǐ tuǒ nà

pentasorbital sodium (a sedative)

成反比
chéng fǎn bǐ

to vary inversely

拉格比
lā gé bǐ

Rugby (game)

拉比
lā bǐ

rabbi (loanword)

拔根汗毛比腰粗
bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū

lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)

拳击比赛
quán jī bǐ sài

boxing match

排比
pái bǐ

parallelism (rhetoric)

攀比
pān bǐ

to make invidious comparisons

日比谷公园
rì bǐ gǔ gōng yuán

Hibiya Park in central Tokyo

昵比
nì bǐ

intimate

有得一比
yǒu dé yī bǐ

can be compared

朋比为奸
péng bǐ wéi jiān

to conspire

本益比
běn yì bǐ

P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)

本那比
běn nà bǐ

see 本那比市[běn nà bǐ shì]

本那比市
běn nà bǐ shì

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

杜比
dù bǐ

Dolby (audio technology)

栉比
zhì bǐ

lined up close (like teeth of a comb)

正比
zhèng bǐ

direct ratio

正比例
zhèng bǐ lì

direct proportionality

比一比
bǐ yi bǐ

to make a comparison

比上不足比下有余
bǐ shàng bù zú bǐ xià yǒu yú

to fall short of the best but be better than the worst

比下去
bǐ xià qù

to defeat; to be superior to

比不了
bǐ bù liǎo

cannot compare to

比丘
bǐ qiū

Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit \bhiksu\)

比丘尼
bǐ qiū ní

Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit \bhiksuni\)

比亚
bǐ yà

Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence

比亚迪
bǐ yà dí

BYD Company (company name)

比亚迪汽车
bǐ yà dí qì chē

BYD Auto, PRC car company

比亚韦斯托克
bǐ yà wéi sī tuō kè

Białystok, city in Poland

比什凯克
bǐ shí kǎi kè

Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan

比佛利山
bǐ fó lì shān

Beverly Hills

比作
bǐ zuò

to liken to

比来
bǐ lái

lately

比例尺
bǐ lì chǐ

scale

比值
bǐ zhí

ratio

比做
bǐ zuò

to liken to

比价
bǐ jià

price relations

比利
bǐ lì

Pelé (1940-), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star

比利时
bǐ lì shí

Belgium

比利牛斯
bǐ lì niú sī

Pyrenees mountains

比利牛斯山
bǐ lì niú sī shān

Pyrenees mountains

比划
bǐ hua

to gesture

比勒费尔德
bǐ lè fèi ěr dé

Bielefeld (city in Germany)

比勒陀利亚
bǐ lè tuó lì yà

Pretoria, capital of South Africa

比及
bǐ jí

(literary) when

比哈尔邦
bǐ hā ěr bāng

Bihar, state in eastern India

比喻义
bǐ yù yì

figurative meaning (of a word)

比埃兹巴伯
bǐ āi zī bā bó

Beelzebub

比基尼
bǐ jī ní

bikini (loanword)

比基尼岛
bǐ jī ní dǎo

Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific

比坚尼
bǐ jiān ní

see 比基尼[bǐ jī ní]

比如县
bǐ rú xiàn

Biru county, Tibetan: 'Bri ru rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

比威力
bǐ wēi lì

yield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon)

比安
bǐ ān

Bienne, Switzerland

比容
bǐ róng

specific volume

比对
bǐ duì

comparison

比干
bǐ gān

Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)

比年
bǐ nián

(literary) every year; year after year

比心
bǐ xīn

(Internet slang) to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands)

比手划脚
bǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

to gesticulate

比手画脚
bǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

to gesticulate

比才
bì cái

Bizet (name)

比拚
bǐ pàn

contest

比拼
bǐ pīn

to compete fiercely

比捕
bǐ bǔ

Taiwan pr. [bì bǔ]

比拟
bǐ nǐ

to compare

比斯开湾
bǐ sī kāi wān

Bay of Biscay

比方说
bǐ fang shuō

for example; for instance

比杆赛
bǐ gān sài

stroke play (golf)

比武
bǐ wǔ

martial arts competition

比氏鹟莺
bǐ shì wēng yīng

(bird species of China) Bianchi's warbler (Seicercus valentini)

比湿
bǐ shī

specific humidity

比为
bǐ wéi

to liken to

比照
bǐ zhào

according to

比热
bǐ rè

specific heat

比烂
bǐ làn

to compare two unsatisfactory things

比尔
bǐ ěr

Bill (name)

比尔·盖茨
bǐ ěr · gài cí

Bill Gates (1955-), co-founder of Microsoft

比尔博
bǐ ěr bó

Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人

比特
bǐ tè

bit (binary digit) (loanword)

比特币
bǐ tè bì

Bitcoin (cryptocurrency)

比特犬
bǐ tè quǎn

pit bull (loanword)

比率
bǐ lǜ

ratio; rate; proportion

比登天还难
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán

lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)

比目鱼
bǐ mù yú

flatfish

比索
bǐ suǒ

peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword)

比绍
bǐ shào

Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau

比翼
bǐ yì

(flying) wing to wing

比翼双飞
bǐ yì shuāng fēi

lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom)

比翼齐飞
bǐ yì qí fēi

to fly wing to wing (idiom)

比肩
bǐ jiān

to be shoulder to shoulder

比色分析
bǐ sè fēn xī

colorimetric analysis

比萨
bǐ sà

Pisa, town in Toscana, Italy

比萨斜塔
bǐ sà xié tǎ

Leaning Tower of Pisa

比萨饼
bǐ sà bǐng

pizza (loanword)

比赛场
bǐ sài chǎng

stadium

比赛项目
bǐ sài xiàng mù

sporting event

比赞
bǐ zàn

to give a thumbs-up

比较分析
bǐ jiào fēn xī

comparative analysis

比较文学
bǐ jiào wén xué

comparative literature

比较级
bǐ jiào jí

comparative degree

比较而言
bǐ jiào ér yán

comparatively speaking

比邻
bǐ lín

neighbor

比量
bǐ liang

to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)