倍

bèi · bei

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. (two, three etc) -fold
  2. times (multiplier)
  3. double
  4. to increase or multiply

In a sentence

2 examples
01

中(zhōng)国(guó)是(shì)日(rì)本(běn)的(de)20倍(bèi)大(dà)。

China is twenty times as large as Japan.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)店(diàn)的(de)生(shēng)意(yì)比(bǐ)去(qù)年(nián)好(hǎo)了(le)三(sān)倍(bèi)。

This shop's business is three times better than last year.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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