比 bì
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verb
to associate with; be near
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 亲近 (Guoyu '比' bì v 1) -
verb
to compare; to contrast
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: For example, 我比你岁数大点 'I am a little older than you.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174; Guoyu '比' v 1; Unihan '比') -
preposition
used for comparison
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: A comparative preposition (Guoyu '比' prep; Sun 2006, loc. 1743) -
radical
Kangxi radical 81
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '比' bǐ n 4) -
adverb
by the time that; when
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 比 indicates a temporal sequence in this sense in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 159). For example, 比其反也 'on his return' (Mengzi: 2.6/10/17, translation by Legge) -
verb
to gesture (with hands)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 4) -
verb
to make an analogy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 5) -
noun
an analogy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 譬喻 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 1) -
noun
an example
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 事例 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 2) -
noun
comparison; upamā
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: upamā; Japanese: hi (BCSD '比', p. 696; SH '比', p. 158; Unihan '比')
Contained in
- 比丘尼僧 bhikṣuni community
- 比量相违(比量相違) contradicting inference
- 若有比丘成就七法者 if a bhiksu accomplishes seven qualities
- 阿兰若比丘(阿蘭若比丘) forrest dwelling monk; araṇya-bhikṣu
- 摩诃僧祇比丘尼戒本(摩訶僧祇比丘尼戒本) Mahāsaṅghabhikṣuṇivinaya; Mohe Sengzhi Biqiuni Jie Ben
- 鱼目比况明珠(魚目比況明珠) to compare a fish eye to a real pearl
- 比丘戒 the monk's precepts; Bhiksu Precepts
- 大比丘三千威仪经(大比丘三千威儀經) The Great Collection of Three Thousand Deportment Rules for Bhikṣus
- 佛使比丘迦旃延说法没尽偈百二十章(佛使比丘迦旃延說法沒盡偈百二十章) Fo Shi Biqiu Jiazhanyan Shuofa Mei Jin Ji Bai Ershi Zhang
- 四分比丘尼戒本 Si Fen Biqiuni Jie Ben
- 菩提比丘 Bhikkhu Bodhi
- 真言势无比(真言勢無比) the matra's power is unparalleled
- 比丘尼僧团的发展(比丘尼僧團的發展) Future Developments of the Bhiksuni Order
Also contained in
比杆赛 、 额比河 、 对比度 、 比拟 、 比肩齐势 、 反比 、 比较优势 、 本益比 、 攀比 、 比赞 、 卢比 、 比照 、 伊比利亚 、 盖茨比 、 检比 、 比叡山 、 栉比而居 、 无比较级 、 威廉·莎士比亚 、 相比之下 、 开始比赛 、 体育比赛 、 复比 、 货比三家 、 比况 、 无与伦比 、 共模抑制比 、 比较分析 、 加勒比 、 评比 、 压缩比 、 不列颠哥伦比亚 、 计时比赛 、 比例尺 、 大比目鱼 、 体积百分比 、 计算机比喻 、 比比皆然
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 15 Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論 — count: 69
- Scroll 11 Xian Yang Shengjiao Lun 顯揚聖教論 — count: 67
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 58
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 55
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 43
- Scroll 61 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 43
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 42
- Scroll 2 Commentary on Nyāyamukha 因明入正理論疏 — count: 41
- Scroll 21 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 40 , has parallel version
- Scroll 45 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 39 , has English translation
Collocations
- 迦比 (迦比) 一樹字迦比延 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
- 比延 (比延) 一樹字迦比延 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
- 比余 (比餘) 比餘大國 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 比雪山 (比雪山) 比雪山王 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 53 — count: 6
- 比无量 (比無量) 若如是比無量不善穢污之法 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 5
- 劫比 (劫比) 便告劫比言 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 比卢 (比盧) 先比盧持 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 先比 (先比) 先比盧持 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 比离杀 (比離殺) 若更有如是比離殺 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 44 — count: 4
- 比沙门 (比沙門) 得如是比沙門所說 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 4