Zi:比

比 [bǐ] compare; 比较 relatively; 比如 for ex.; 比赛 competition; (radical 81, 比部); (卦名) ䷇ Together; (HDZ:) … [bì] (旧读) (cf. 比比) [pí] 皋比 [pǐ] 庀

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹bǐ* 比 {A} cov. compared to ‖ Dìqiú ∼ yuèqiú dà. 地球∼月球大。 The earth is larger than the moon. ◆v. ①compare; contrast ‖ “Jị̌ bị̌ jǐ?” ... “Jiụ̌ bǐ qī.” “几∼几?” … “九∼七。” “What's the score?” ... “Nine to seven.” ②emulate ③draw analogy ④copy ⑤gesture ◆b.f. ratio ►bǐlǜ 比率 ◆n. name of one of the Sixty-four Hexagrams (䷇)
►⁴⁶bì 比 char. ►¹bìbì 比比
►¹⁹pí 比 char. ►²gāopí 皋比

The Shuōwén Seal form of 比 bì/bǐ ‘close/juxtaposed; compare/compete’ doubles 匕 bǐ ‘person facing right/west’; it is the opposite of 从 cóng ‘follow/obey’ with 人 rén ‘person facing left/east’; formerly wr. 夶.
    Note: Formerly pronounced 比 bì (HDZ; cf. ABC 比比 bìbì), but today only 比 bǐ (GFC).
    Compare: 比 bì/bǐ ← MC /bieis/biei/pieis/biet/; 譬 pì ‘(make/offer) analogy/metaphor/simile’ ← MC /phies/ (SBGY).
    Compare: 从 cóng ‘follow/obey’; 此 cǐ; 化 huà; 昆 kūn ‘together; elder brother’ (昆弟 ‘brothers’).
    Compare: 北 bèi/běi ‘back/north’, later distinguished as 北 běi ‘north’, vs. 背 bèi ‘back/rear’.
    Compare: 艮(𥃩) gèn ‘refuse/disobey’ (also with 匕 bǐ); 競(𧫘) jìng, 兢(𠓆) jīng ‘compete’.
    Note: 比目鱼 bǐmùyú ‘flounder; (fig.) fast friends, inseparable sweethearts’: the two eyes of the flounder, like close friends (比), cannot bear to be apart, so one migrates/travels (游行) to the other (cf. HDC).
    “[比] Two 匕 (人 reversed) men placed together” —Karlgren(AD).
    HDZ: 比 bǐ (旧读 bì): (甲) 卜辞比/从一字; 亲, 亲近; 密 (与 “稀”、“疏” 相对); 合, 亲合; 辅助; 调顺, 和协; 同, 齐同; 并列, 排列; 相连接; 每, 连; 先, 先前; 勾结, 结党营私; (卦名) ䷇; 矢栝; 篦子; (古哈萨克族…) 君长; (副词) 皆, 都, 频, 近; (介词) 替, 代, 及, 等到, 和…相比; 庇: 托庇; 鼻 (bí): 始; 比较, 较量; 考校/較, 核查; 比配, 能够相比; 类, 辈; 类似, 相类; 比喻, 比方; 比照, 仿照; 比画 (比畫/劃: 用手做姿势帮助说话或代替说话; …); 对着, 向着; 例, 条例; (古) 五家; (古) 官府; 六义之一; 本, 本来; (数学) 比率, 比例; 比赛; (国名) “比利时” 简称; (姓) • pí : 皐/皋比: 虎皮 (cf. 皮, 毗) • pǐ : 庀: 治理, 准备
    HDC: 比比 : 频频, 屡屡; 连续, 接连; 到处, 处处; 到处都有或每每有之
    HDC: 比比皆是 : 到处都是, 到处都有
 ►references: Guǎngyùn:052.08,248.09,355.03,355.20,471.31; Wieger:27i; Karlgren:AD714,GSR566g; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1415.8; Lindqvist:26; Mathews:5077; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:590.09; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:006.1.10; Wáng(1993):7; EDOC:1
►components: 匕匕
 ►Cantonese: bei/
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Unicode: U+6BD4
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