HSK 4 · Function Words

倍 bèi “times” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 倍 means

  1. times
  2. -fold (twice, three times as much)
  3. (two, three etc) -fold
  4. times (multiplier)
  5. double
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to increase or multiply

How to say 倍

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale倍bèi4th tone, falling

倍 in a sentence

  1. 他的工资是我的两倍。

    Tā de gōngzī shì wǒ de liǎng bèi.

    He earns twice as much as I do.

    Sentence #349680 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我付了两倍的钱。

    Wǒ fù le liǎng bèi de qián.

    I paid double.

    Sentence #842682 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我的房间是你的三倍大。

    Wǒ de fángjiān shì nǐ de sān bèi dà.

    My room is three times the size of yours.

    Sentence #788824 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 倍 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 倍 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
倍bèi-fold
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 咅to spit out · pǒu

How to write 倍

倍 10 strokes

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倍 (bèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 倍 (bèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 倍

More words: Particles & Connectors

只zhǐ · only地de · particle used after a description按时ànshí · on time按照ànzhào · according to并且bìngqiě · and比如bǐrú · for example不得不bùdébù · have no choice or option but to不过búguò · but

FAQs

倍 (bèi) means “times” or “-fold (twice, three times as much)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it bèi: bèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 倍 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 倍 from the suggestions. Typing bei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
倍 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.