1. 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)
  2. 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')
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. verb to gesture (with hands)
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 4)
  7. verb to make an analogy
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 5)
  8. noun an analogy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 譬喻 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 1)
  9. noun an example
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 事例 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 2)
  10. noun comparison; upamā
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: upamā; Japanese: hi (BCSD '比', p. 696; SH '比', p. 158; Unihan '比')

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  • 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
  • 比雪山 (比雪山) 比雪山王 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 53 — count: 6
  • 比余 (比餘) 比餘大國 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — 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
  • 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
  • 比思惟 (比思惟) 彼亦如是隨身比思惟 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 29 — 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