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比
比
Translingual
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Han character
比 (radical 81 比+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心心 (PP), four-corner 21710)
- Kangxi radical #81, ⽐ (“compare”).
Derived characters
Descendants
See also
References
- KangXi: page 590, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16743
- Dae Jaweon: page 982, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1415, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6BD4
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 梐 | *piː, *biːʔ |
| 狴 | *piː |
| 悂 | *piː, *pʰi |
| 螕 | *piː |
| 鎞 | *piː |
| 蓖 | *piː |
| 篦 | *piː, *bis |
| 批 | *pʰiː |
| 砒 | *pʰiː |
| 鈚 | *pʰiː, *bi |
| 磇 | *pʰiː |
| 媲 | *pʰiːs |
| 笓 | *biː |
| 膍 | *biː, *bi |
| 陛 | *biːʔ |
| 仳 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ |
| 吡 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ |
| 紕 | *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ |
| 比 | *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ |
| 妣 | *piʔ, *pis |
| 秕 | *piʔ |
| 沘 | *piʔ, *bi |
| 枇 | *piʔ, *bi, *bis |
| 粊 | *pris |
| 庇 | *pis |
| 屁 | *pʰis |
| 琵 | *bi |
| 毗 | *bi |
| 貔 | *bi |
| 豼 | *bi |
| 蚍 | *bi |
| 芘 | *bi, *bis |
| 肶 | *bi |
| 魮 | *bi |
| 阰 | *bi |
| 坒 | *bis, *biɡ |
| 玭 | *bin |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 人 (“man”) + 人 – to juxtapose.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bei2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí
- Min Dong (BUC): bī
- Min Nan (POJ): pí
- Wu (Wiktionary): pi (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: pih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
- IPA (key): /pi²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bei2
- Yale: béi
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei2
- IPA (key): /pei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí
- Hakka Romanization System: bi`
- Hagfa Pinyim: bi3
- IPA: /pi³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: bī
- IPA (key): /pi³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
- Tâi-lô: pí
- Phofsit Daibuun: pie
- IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: pi (T2)
- IPA (key): /pi³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 比 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /pi²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin |
/pi²¹³/ /pʰi²¹³/ |
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| Tianjin | /pi¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /pi⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /pi⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /pji⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /pi⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /pi⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /pi⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /pi⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /pi²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /pz̩²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pi⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pi³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /pi⁵¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /pei³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /pi³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /pi³¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pi⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /pi⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pi²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pi³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /pi³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pei³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /pi³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /pei³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /pi⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /pi³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /pi²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /ʔbi²¹³/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 2/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 卑履切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/piɪX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/piX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/pjɪX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/piX/ |
| Li Rong |
/piX/ |
| Wang Li |
/piX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/piX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bǐ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
bǐ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ pjijX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*C.pijʔ/ |
| English | compare |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 1/5 |
| No. | 511 |
| Phonetic component |
比 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
匕 |
| Old Chinese |
/*piʔ/ |
Definitions
比
- to compare; to contrast
- to liken; to draw an analogy to
- to emulate; to copy; to imitate
- to compete; to rival
- to match; to be equal
- to be the ratio of; ... to ...
- to gesticulate; to gesture
- comparison; juxtaposition; contrast
- metaphor; analogy
- ratio; proportion
- than; more ... than; -er compared to
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- 耶和華神對蛇說，你既作了這事，就必受咒詛，比一切的牲畜野獸更甚。 [MSC, trad.]
- 耶和华神对蛇说，你既作了这事，就必受咒诅，比一切的牲畜野兽更甚。 [MSC, simp.]
- Yēhéhuá shén duì shé shuō, nǐ jì zuò le zhè shì, jiù bì shòu zhòuzǔ, bǐ yīqiè de shēngchù yěshòu gèng shèn. [Pinyin]
- The Lord God said unto the serpent: “Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field.”
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- Short for 比利時／比利时 (Bǐlìshí, “Belgium”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 比
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: pih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
- IPA (key): /pi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: pih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
- IPA (key): /pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bei6, bei3
- Yale: beih, bei
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei6, bei3
- IPA (key): /pei̯²²/, /pei̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
- IPA (key): /pɛi²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 比 | 比 |
| Reading # | 3/5 | 4/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 毗至切 | 必至切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/biɪH/ | /piɪH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/biH/ | /piH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/bjɪH/ | /pjɪH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/biH/ | /piH/ |
| Li Rong |
/biH/ | /piH/ |
| Wang Li |
/biH/ | /piH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱiH/ | /piH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bì | bì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
bì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ pjijH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*pij-s/ |
| English | combine; all |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 比 | 比 |
| Reading # | 4/5 | 2/5 |
| No. | 542 | 521 |
| Phonetic component |
比 | 比 |
| Rime group |
脂 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
鼻 | 痹 |
| Old Chinese |
/*bis/ | /*pis/ |
Definitions
比
- to be next to; to be near to; to stand close together; to lie next to
- to cling to; to collude with
- intimate; close; friendly
- dense; closely packed
- harmonious; melodious
- all; completely
- lately; recently
- frequently; repeatedly
- until; till
- eighth hexagram of the I Ching
Compounds
Derived terms from 比
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Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: p'ih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
- IPA (key): /pʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: pei4
- Yale: pèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: pei4
- IPA (key): /pʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 1/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房脂切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/biɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/bi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/bjɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/bi/ |
| Li Rong |
/bi/ |
| Wang Li |
/bi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
pí |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 3/5 |
| No. | 531 |
| Phonetic component |
比 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
𣬈 |
| Old Chinese |
/*bi/ |
Definitions
比
- †Only used in 比蒲 (“placename”).
- †Only used in 皋比 (“tiger skin”).
- †Only used in 師比／师比 (“ancient belt hook”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 比
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Pronunciation 4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: pih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
- IPA (key): /pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 5/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 毗必切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/biɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/bit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/bjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/bit̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/biĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/bĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bí |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 5/5 |
| No. | 547 |
| Phonetic component |
比 |
| Rime group |
質 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
邲 |
| Old Chinese |
/*biɡ/ |
Definitions
比
Pronunciation 5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: p'ih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
- IPA (key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
Definitions
比
Japanese
Noun
- comparison, match, equal
- ratio
- the Philippines
Kanji
比
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Readings
Compounds
compounds containing "比"
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Korean
Hanja
比 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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