HSK 6 · Ideas

比喻 bǐyù “metaphor” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 比喻 means

  1. metaphor
  2. analogy
  3. to compare
  4. to liken to
  5. figure of speech
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • figuratively

How to say 比喻

  • 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喻yù4th tone, falling

比喻 in a sentence

  1. 莎士比亚把世界比喻成一个舞台。

    Shāshìbǐyà bǎ shìjiè bǐyù chéng yí ge wǔtái.

    Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.

    Sentence #664977 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 比喻 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 喻 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
喻yùto describe sth as
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 俞to consent · yúSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 俞 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

How to write 比喻

比 4 strokes · 喻 12 strokes

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

Words related to 比喻

Words with 比

比bǐ · compared to比较bǐjiào · compare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比重bǐzhòng · proportion

Words with 喻

家喻户晓jiāyùhùxiǎo · known to everyone不言而喻bùyán'éryù · self-evident

More words: Ideas & Concepts

辩证biànzhèng · dialectical弊病bìbìng · drawback弊端bìduān · abuse比方bǐfang · example比重bǐzhòng · proportion步伐bùfá · pace布局bùjú · layout不言而喻bùyán'éryù · self-evident

FAQs

比喻 (bǐyù) means “metaphor” or “analogy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǐyù: bǐ with a 3rd tone, then yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 比喻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 比喻 from the suggestions. Typing biyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
比喻 is an HSK 6 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.