比例

Character by character

• 比bǐ4 strokesHSK 1to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
• 例lì8 strokesHSK 2precedent, example; regulation

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 比例. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 比bǐHSK 1

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

• 比赛bǐ sàiHSK 3

  competition (sports etc); match; to compete

• 比较bǐ jiàoHSK 3

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

• 比如bǐ rúHSK 2

  for example; for instance; such as

• 比如说bǐ rú shuōHSK 2

  for example

• 相比xiāng bǐHSK 3

  to compare

• 例如lì rúHSK 2

  for example; for instance; such as

• 无比wú bǐHSK 7

  incomparable; matchless

• 比分bǐ fēnHSK 4

  score

• 条例tiáo lìHSK 7

  regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes

• 例子lì ziHSK 2

  case; (for) instance; example

• 对比duì bǐHSK 4

  to contrast; contrast; ratio

• 例外lì wàiHSK 5

  exception; to be an exception

• 案例àn lì

  case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example

• 比喻bǐ yùHSK 7

  to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively

• 惯例guàn lìHSK 7

  convention; usual practice

• 好比hǎo bǐHSK 7

  to be just like; can be compared to

• 比方bǐ fangHSK 5

  analogy; instance; for instance

• 比不上bǐ bù shàngHSK 7

  can't compare with

• 比起bǐ qǐHSK 7

  compared with

• 先例xiān lìHSK 7

  antecedent; precedent

• 史无前例shǐ wú qián lìHSK 7

  unprecedented in history

• 举例jǔ lìHSK 7

  to give an example

• 比重bǐ zhòngHSK 5

  proportion; specific gravity