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bǐ

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bǐ · bei2 (Jyutping)

  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
  4. to compare
  5. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  6. ratio
  7. to gesture
  8. (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

bī

  1. euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]

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Character breakdown

比

Meaning
to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
Radical
比
Strokes
4
Components
⿰匕匕
Cangjie
PP
Four-corner
2171.0

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