bǐ
(particle used for comparison and "-er than")
to compare
to contrast
to gesture (with hands)
ratio
Bǐ
Belgium
Belgian
abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
bì
to associate with
to be near
bǐ jiào
to compare
to contrast
comparatively
relatively
quite
comparison
bǐ rú
for example
for instance
such as
Bǐ yà
Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence
Bǐ yà dí
BYD Company (company name)
píng bǐ
to evaluate (by comparison)
bǐ sài
competition (sports etc)
match
CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
bǐ zhào
according to
in the light of
contrast
zhèng bǐ
direct ratio
directly proportional
fǎn bǐ
inversely proportional
inverse ratio
Shā shì bǐ yà
Shakespeare (name)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
bǐ nǐ
to compare
to draw a parallel
to match
analogy
metaphor
comparison
pān bǐ
to make invidious comparisons
to compete with
to emulate
Gē lún bǐ yà
Colombia
Columbia (District of, or University etc)
lèi bǐ
analogy
(Tw) (electronics) analog
duì bǐ
to contrast
contrast
ratio
CL:個|个[ge4]
bǐ zhòng
proportion
specific gravity
hǎo bǐ
to be just like
can be compared to
bǐ lín
neighbor
next-door neighbor
near
next to
bǐ fang
analogy
instance
for instance
bǐ jiān
to be shoulder to shoulder
to be on an equal level with
Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
bǐ yù
to compare
to liken to
metaphor
analogy
figure of speech
figuratively
bǐ wǔ
martial arts competition
tournament
to compete in a contest
Bǐ sà
Pisa, town in Toscana, Italy
bǐ huà
to gesture
to use sign language
to gesticulate
to engage in body combat or martial art
to come to blows
duì bǐ dù
contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup)
degree of contrast
bǐ tè
bit (binary digit) (loanword)
bǐ jià
price relations
parity
rate of exchange
lú bǐ
rupee (Indian currency) (loanword)
bǐ shì
to have a competition
to measure with one's hand or arm
to make a gesture of measuring
bǐ lì chǐ
scale
architect's scale
engineer's scale
bǐ suǒ
peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword)
huò bǐ sān jiā
to comparison shop (idiom)
comparison shopping
bǐ duì
comparison
to verify by comparing
Bǐ ěr · Gài cí
Bill Gates (1955-), founder and chairman of Microsoft
chéng fǎn bǐ
to vary inversely
inversely proportional to
bǐ sài xiàng mù
sporting event
item on program of sports competition
Bǐ qiū
Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
Bǐ lì
Pelé (1940-), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
ā bǐ
Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
bǐ yi bǐ
to make a comparison
to engage in a contest
Qiū bǐ tè
Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty
bǐ jiào xīn
comparatively new
relatively new
Ā bù Zā bǐ
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Bǐ yà dí qì chē
BYD Auto, PRC car company
jīn fēi xī bǐ
things are very different now (idiom)
times have changed
Rì bǐ gǔ gōng yuán
Hibiya Park in central Tokyo
Bǐ shào
Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau
bǐ sài chǎng
stadium
playing field for a competition
běn yì bǐ
P⁄ E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
tiān yá ruò bǐ lín
far-flung realms as next door (idiom)
close in spirit although far away
Lái bǐ xī
Leipzig, city in the state of Saxony, Germany
Gē lún bǐ yà guǎng bō gōng sī
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
bǐ qiū ní
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
Rè bǐ yà
Rabiye or Rebiya (name)
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
Bǐ Gān
Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
shòu bǐ Nán shān
Live as long as Mt Nan! (idiom, conventional greeting)
We wish you a Happy Birthday and many more of them.
jīn xī duì bǐ
to contrast past suffering with present happiness (idiom)
Yī bǐ lì yà
Iberia
the Iberian peninsula
bǐ sà bǐng
pizza (loanword)
CL:張|张[zhang1]
Bù liè diān Gē lún bǐ yà
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
Huò bǐ tè rén
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金
kāi shǐ bǐ sài
to start a match
to kick off
Bì cái
Bizet (name)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875), French musician, composer of opera Carmen
Yīng shǔ Gē lún bǐ yà
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
Gē lún bǐ yà tè qū
District of Columbia, USA
Bǐ lè tuó lì yà
Pretoria, capital of South Africa
hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ lín
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away
absence makes the heart grow fonder
bǐ shàng bù zú bǐ xià yǒu yú
to fall short of the best but be better than the worst
can pass muster
bǐ liàng
rough measurement (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
wù bā bǐ tuǒ nà
pentasorbital sodium (a sedative)
Bù liè diān Gē lún bǐ yà shěng
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
Dǐ bǐ sī
Thebes, place name in ancient Egypt
Thebes, ancient Greek city state
Bǐ shí kǎi kè
Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan
bǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
to gesticulate
to make lively gestures (while talking)
also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
qí chǒu wú bǐ
extremely ugly
incomparably hideous
jiào bǐ
comparatively (colloquial)
fairly
quite
rather
relatively
Ā bǐ ràng
Abidjan (city in Ivory Coast)
lì dà wú bǐ
having matchless strength
Dì bì lì sī
T'bilisi, capital of Georgia or Gruzia 格魯吉亞|格鲁吉亚[Ge2 lu3 ji2 ya4]
Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yà
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
bǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
to gesticulate
to make lively gestures (while talking)
also written 比手畫腳|比手画脚
Ài bǐ hú
Lake Ebinur or Aibi in XinJiang
zhì bǐ
lined up close (like teeth of a comb)
píng fāng chéng fǎn bǐ
proportional to inverse square (physics)
Ā bǐ xī ní yà
Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia
bǐ sī tè
Brest (the most Western French town)
Bǐ lè fèi ěr dé
Bielefeld (city in Germany)
Féi lì bǐ shū
Epistle of St Paul to the Philipians
Bǐ hā ěr bāng
Bihar, state in eastern India
kuà lán bǐ sài
hurdling
hurdles race (athletics event)
Bǐ sī kāi
Bizkaia or Vizcaya, Spain
Běn nà bǐ
see 本那比市[Ben3 na4 bi3 shi4]
Bǐ rú xiàn
Biru county, Tibetan: 'Bri ru rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet
Nèi bǐ dū
Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw, jungle capital of Myanmar (Burma) since November 2005, 300 km north of Rangoon and 300 km south of Mandalay
formerly called Pyinmana 彬馬那|彬马那
duì bǐ lián xiǎng
word association
association of ideas
zhuī bǐ
to flog
to cane (as punishment)
Rè bǐ yà
Rabiye or Rebiya (name)
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
tiān yá bǐ lín
see 天涯若比鄰|天涯若比邻[tian1 ya2 ruo4 bi3 lin2]
Mò ěr zī bǐ gǎng
Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea
Bǐ ěr bó
Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人
bǐ wēi lì
yield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon)
Bǐ jī ní dǎo
Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific
děng bǐ jí shù
geometric series (such as 1+2+4+8+...)
bō cǎi bǐ
stripping-to-ore ratio
stripping ratio
píng fāng fǎn bì dìng lǜ
the inverse square law (in gravitation or electrostatics)
Lā gé bǐ
Rugby (game)
Rugby school in England
Ā bù zhā bǐ shì
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Rè bǐ yà · Kǎ dé ěr
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
duì bǐ wēn dù
temperature contrast
difference in temperature (of body to its surroundings)
jì shí bǐ sài
time trial (e.g. in cycle race)
timed race
competition against the clock
fèng xīn bǐ kè dǎng
Funcinpec (royalist Cambodian political party)
Jiā lè bǐ Guó jiā Lián méng
Association of Caribbean States
fù bǐ
compound ratio (i.e. product of two ratios)
wǎ hā bǐ jiào pài
Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam)
Běn nà bǐ shì
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
wú bǐ jiào jí
absolute (not liable to comparative degree)
zuǒ gé bì guó jì
Zogby International (polling company)
píng fāng fǎn bǐ lǜ
inverse square law (physics)
mǎ shàng bǐ wǔ
tournament (contest in Western chivalry)
jousting
Bān què Bǐ lā duō
Pontius Pilate (in the Biblical passion story)
Huáng jiā Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi yóu lún gōng sī
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
ēn bǐ tiān dà
to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)
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
wishing for conjugal bliss
Yà bǐ yù
Abiud (son of Zerubbabel)
Háo yī dù · Bǐ háo ěr
Hajdú-Bihar province of east Hungary on the border with Romania
Rè bǐ yà · Kǎ dé ěr
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
Ā dá bǐ ěr
Ardabil in Azerbaijan region of Iran
Háo yī dù · Bì háo ěr zhōu
Hajdú-Bihar county in east Hungary on the border with Romania, capital Debrecen 德布勒森
lù shang bǐ zhōng diǎn gèng yǒu yì yì
The road means more than the destination.
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
chū xí biǎo jué bǐ lì
proportion of those present and voting
chōng mǎn xī wàng de bá shè bǐ dào dá mù dì dì gēng néng gěi rén lè qù
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
dài zhe xī wàng qù lǚ xíng , bǐ dào dá zhōng diǎn gèng měi hǎo
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
guò chéng bǐ zhōng diǎn gèng měi
The process is more beautiful than the outcome.
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
bǐ shèng yú dāo wén bǐ wǔ qiáng
the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)
děng é bǐ jī jīn
equality ration fund, a charitable investment fund that can be drawn down in proportion to further donations
bǐ yì qí fēi
to fly wing to wing (idiom)
two hearts beating as one
(of a couple) inseparable
bǐ liang
to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
Rè bǐ yà · Kǎ dé ěr
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
Rè bǐ yà · Kǎ dé ěr
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
bǐ yì shuāng fēi
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom)
fig. two hearts beating as one
name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
Bǐ suǒ
Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau (Tw)
Bǐ shì wēng yīng
(bird species of China) Bianchi's warbler (Seicercus valentini)
bǐ làn
to compare two unsatisfactory things
to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism)
whataboutery
Bǐ ěr · Gài cí
Bill Gates (1955-), founder and chairman of Microsoft
bǐ tè bì
bitcoin (virtual currency)
bǐ hua
variant of 比劃|比划[bi3 hua5]
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
fig. extremely difficult
far from an easy task
Pò xī · Bǐ xī · Xuě lái
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet
huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī
shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
Jiǎ sī tīng · Bǐ bà
Justin Bieber (1994-), Canadian singer
Ā bù Dá bǐ
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (Tw)
Ā bǐ
Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
Háo yī dù · Bì háo ěr zhōu
Hajdú-Bihar county in east Hungary on the border with Romania, capital Debrecen 德布勒森
Háo yī dù · Bǐ háo ěr
Hajdú-Bihar province of east Hungary on the border with Romania
yì wù bā bǐ tuǒ
amobarbital (drug) (loanword)
Lú bǐ ān nà
Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia (Tw)
Kē bǐ
Kobe Bryant
abbr. for 科比·布莱恩特[Ke1 bi3 · Bu4 lai2 en1 te4]
Kē bǐ · Bù lái ēn tè
Kobe Bryant (1978-), Los Angeles Lakers NBA star
děng bǐ
geometric (of mathematical sequences or progressions)
Ài bǐ Hú
Aibi Lake (Ebinur) in Xinjiang
Bǐ sī tè
Brest (the most western French town)
rén bǐ rén , qì sǐ rén
constantly comparing oneself to others will only make one angry (proverb)
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
Long may you live!
Nài luò bǐ
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
Fèng xīn bǐ kè dǎng
Funcinpec (royalist Cambodian political party)
Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yà
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
Kòu bǐ lì kè
see 庫布里克|库布里克[Ku4 bu4 li3 ke4]
Gē lún bǐ yà Guǎng bō Gōng sī
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
chuán dòng bǐ
transmission ratio
gear ratio
Shǐ nǔ bǐ
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
Shǐ nú bǐ
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
tóng bǐ
over the same period
year-on-year
Hā bǐ rén
Hobbit
see also 霍比特人[Huo4 bi3 te4 ren2]
jiāng xīn bǐ xīn
to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
bǐ xià qù
to defeat
to be superior to
bǐ hua
to gesture
to gesticulate
to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher
to fight
to come to blows
bǐ yù yì
figurative meaning (of a word)
Bǐ jī ní Dǎo
Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific
bǐ nián
(literary) every year
year after year
in recent years
Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
bǐ pīn
to compete fiercely
contest
yǒu dé yī bǐ
can be compared
to be very similar
zhǎn xián bǐ
(wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)
píng fāng fǎn bì dìng lǜ
the inverse square law (in gravitation or electrostatics)
píng fāng fǎn bǐ lǜ
inverse square law (physics)
qíng bǐ jīn jiān
love is more solid than gold (idiom)
gē bǐ
kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)
Rì bǐ gǔ Gōng yuán
Hibiya Park in central Tokyo
bǐ bǔ
(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal
Taiwan pr. [bi4 bu3]
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