义项
表示比较,用于"A比B+形容词"
The comparison marker. The pattern is A 比 B + adjective and the adjective stays bare — no 很, no 太: 今天比昨天冷.
preposition较量;对比
verb
例句
- 今天比昨天冷。Jīntiān (first tone, high and level) bǐ (third tone, dipping) zuótiān (second tone, rising) lěng. (third tone, dipping)···
It’s colder today than yesterday.
- 我哥哥比我高。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) gēge (first tone, high and level) bǐ (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) gāo. (first tone, high and level)···
My older brother is taller than me.
常见错误
不太对今天比昨天很冷。
正确今天比昨天冷。
很 cannot appear in a 比 sentence: the comparison itself supplies the degree. For "much colder", put 多了 or 一点儿 after the adjective — 冷多了, 冷一点儿.
不太对我比他不高。
正确我没有他高。
A 比 comparison is not negated with 不. The negative comparison has its own pattern: A 没有 B + adjective, "A is not as … as B".