HSK 3 · Function Words

比较 bǐjiào “compare” in Chinese

Traditional 比較

What 比较 means

  1. compare
  2. contrast
  3. relatively
  4. comparatively
  5. quite
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • comparison

How to say 比较

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale比bǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale较jiào4th tone, falling

比较 in a sentence

  1. 把你的答案和老师的比较一下。

    Bǎ nǐ de dá'àn hé lǎoshī de bǐjiào yíxià.

    Compare your answers with the teacher’s.

    Sentence #1878271 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 哪个比较贵？

    Nǎge bǐjiào guì?

    Which one is more expensive?

    Sentence #1424312 from Tatoeba

  3. 我现在比较忙。

    Wǒ xiànzài bǐjiào máng.

    I’m pretty busy right now.

    Sentence #4751232 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 比较 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 比 (bǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
比bǐto compare
  • 匕spoon · bǐ
  • 匕spoon · bǐ

Memory aidTwo people 匕 side by side: to compare.

The character 较 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
较jiàoto compare
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 交to connect · jiāoSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 交 (jiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

How to write 比较

比 4 strokes · 较 10 strokes

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

Words related to 比较

Words with 比

比bǐ · compared to比赛bǐsài · sports match比如bǐrú · for example对比duìbǐ · to contrast比例bǐlì · proportion无比wúbǐ · incomparable比方bǐfang · example比喻bǐyù · metaphor比重bǐzhòng · proportion

Words with 较

较量jiàoliàng · contest计较jìjiào · to fuss over

More words: Particles & Connectors

着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)啊a · ah把bǎ · pretransitive particle被bèi · by比赛bǐsài · sports match不但búdàn · not only而且érqiě · moreover除了chúle · besides

FAQs

比较 (bǐjiào) means “compare” or “contrast”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it bǐjiào: bǐ with a 3rd tone, then jiào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 比较 is written 比較. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bijiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 比较 from the suggestions. Typing bijiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
比较 is an HSK 3 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.