比

bī · bi/bǐ · bi/Bǐ · bi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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bī 比

  1. euphemistic variant of 屄 (bī)

bǐ 比

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

Bǐ 比

  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利時 / 比利时 (Bǐ lì shí)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

俄(é)罗(luó)斯(sī)比(bǐ)冥(míng)王(wáng)星(xīng)大(dà)。

Russia is larger than Pluto.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)箱(xiāng)子(zi)比(bǐ)那(nà)个(ge)重(zhòng)一(yì)些(xiē)。

This box is a bit heavier than that one.

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