比

HSK 2#115 by frequencyradical 比

Bǐ["p","v","n","b"]

(followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; to compare; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bì] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

bī

euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]

Examples

我比他高。

I am taller than he.

他比你笨。

He's dumber than you.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.