比 bì
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bì
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) -
bǐ
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') -
bǐ
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) -
bǐ
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) -
bǐ
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) -
bǐ
verb
to gesture (with hands)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 4) -
bǐ
verb
to make an analogy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '比' bǐ v 5) -
bǐ
noun
an analogy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 譬喻 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 1) -
bǐ
noun
an example
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 事例 (Guoyu '比' bǐ n 2) -
bì
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
- 比呼尼 Bhiksuni; a nun; a bhikṣuṇī; bhikkhunī
- 劫比罗伐窣堵(劫比羅伐窣堵) Kapilavastu
- 现量与比量(現量與比量) perception and inference
- 他比量 inference for others; parārthānumāna
- 日本比丘圆珍入唐求法目录(日本比丘圓珍入唐求法目錄) Catalog of Teachings Sought by Japanese Monk Enchin while in the Tang
- 将心比心(將心比心) to have sympathy for ; to see things through other people's eyes
- 教诫新学比丘行护律仪(教誡新學比丘行護律儀) Jiao Jie Xin Xue Biqiu Xing Hu Lu Yi
- 海幢比丘 Saradhvaja
- 大比丘众(大比丘眾) a large assembly of great monastics
- 五群比丘 group of five monastics
- 现老比丘相(現老比丘相) the appearance of an old monk
- 劫比拏王 Kapphiṇa
- 那先比丘经(那先比丘經) Miliṇḍapañha; Questions of Milinda
- 比丘僧 monastic community
- 大爱道比丘尼经(大愛道比丘尼經) Da'aidao Biqiuni Jing
- 十诵比丘尼波罗提木叉戒本(十誦比丘尼波羅提木叉戒本) SarvāstivādaBhikṣunīprātimokṣasūtra; Shi Song Biqiuni Boluo Ti Mu Cha Jie Ben
- 自心不羡黄金贵 善缘好比日月明(自心不羨黃金貴 善緣好比日月明) A singular mind free of envy for gold and riches; Good affinities like shining sun and moon.
Also contained in
比做 、 比方说 、 货比三家 、 今非昔比 、 比较分析 、 比热 、 恩比天大 、 比手划脚 、 比喻 、 比比皆然 、 波比 、 比较而言 、 共模抑制比 、 波比跳 、 传动比 、 栉比 、 盖茨比 、 栉比鳞差 、 比湿 、 相比 、 可比 、 戊巴比妥钠 、 比况 、 有得一比 、 比较美学 、 比附 、 比武 、 比尔盖茨 、 瓦萨比 、 反比 、 股本金比率 、 展弦比 、 不列颠哥伦比亚 、 比肩齐势
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
- 比卢 (比盧) 先比盧持 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 劫比 (劫比) 便告劫比言 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, 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
- 比思惟 (比思惟) 彼亦如是隨身比思惟 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 4