比[bǐ]

动

1. compare; contrast

♦ ~得上 can compare with; compare favourably with

♦ 想想过去, ~~现在 recall the past and contrast it with the present

2. emulate; compete; match

♦ 这家旅馆的服务质量谁也~不上。 This hotel can't be matched for its good service.

♦ 咱俩~一~, 看谁高。 Let's stand back to back and see who is taller.

3. gesture; gesticulate

♦ 连说带~ gesticulate as one talks

4. 方 aim at; direct towards

♦ 警察用枪~着罪犯。 The policeman pointed his gun at the criminal.

5. copy; model after

♦ ~着旧衣裁新衣 pattern a new garment on an old one

♦ 用尺~着画。 Use a ruler when drawing this.

6. draw an analogy; liken to; compare to

♦ 我们这小小的公司可以~作一个大家庭。 Our little company can be likened to a big family.

名ratio; proportion

♦ 这里小麦同水稻的年产量约为一与三之~。 Here the annual yield of wheat and rice is in a ratio of about one to three.

介

1. to (in a score)

♦ 甲队以二~一胜乙队。 Team A beat team B (by a score of) two to one.

♦ 现在几~几？ What's the score?

2. than

♦ 我~你早来一个钟头。 I came an hour earlier than you did.

形书 close together; next to