Chinese word dictionary

相比

xiāngbǐ · to compare

Practice word

Word information

Simplified相比

Traditional相比

Pinyinxiāngbǐ

Part of speech动

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

相xiāng

mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other

比bǐ

to compare, liken; comparison; than

How to learn 相比

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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比bǐ

Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]; 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)

比较bǐjiào

to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison

比如bǐrú

for example; for instance; such as

比赛bǐsài

competition (sports etc); match; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]; to compete

相信xiāngxìn

to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true

相机xiàngjī

camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow