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比 bǐ — “to compare”

How to write and say the Chinese character 比 (bǐ), which means to compare — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: This & that.

Stroke order笔顺

比 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: two spoons 匕 side-by-side; 匕 also provides the pronunciation.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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