比並

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	and; furthermore; (not) at all and; furthermore; (not) at all; simultaneously; also; together with; to combine; to join; to merge
trad. (比並)		比	並
simp. (比并)		比	并

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐbìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Northern Min (KCR): bǐ-piāng
• Eastern Min (BUC): bī-piâng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pí-pēng / pí-phēng / pí-pěng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐbìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐbìng
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-ping⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-bìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biibinq
    • Palladius: бибин (bibin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ-piāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹ pʰiaŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bī-piâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βiɑŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-pēng
    • Tâi-lô: pí-pīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py'peng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-phēng
    • Tâi-lô: pí-phīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pypheng
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-pěng
    • Tâi-lô: pí-pǐng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ²²/

Verb

比並

1. (literary or Min) to compare; to contrast; to match
2. (Eastern Min) to unrealistically compare oneself with a much stronger counterpart; to compete (with each other socially); to try to keep up with the Joneses
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to liken; to compare; to draw an analogy; to metaphorize

Synonyms

• (to compare):

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• 例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 對比 / 对比 (duìbǐ)
• 對照 / 对照 (duìzhào)
• 擬 / 拟 (nǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 比對 / 比对 (bǐduì)
• 比擬 / 比拟 (bǐnǐ)
• 比照 (bǐzhào)
• 比較 / 比较
• 視 / 视 (shì) (archaic)
• 進行比較 / 进行比较 (jìnxíng bǐjiào)

• (to compare oneself with a much stronger counterpart): 攀比 (pānbǐ)
• (to liken):

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• 打比 (dǎbǐ)
• 打比仿 (Huizhou)
• 打比子 (Muping)
• 打比方
• 比喻 (bǐyù)
• 比方
• 譬喻 (pìyù)