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

• Eastern Min (BUC): bī-piâng

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bī-piâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βiɑŋ²⁴²/

Verb

比並

1. (Eastern Min) to compare; to contrast
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

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)