# 比

| 比 | U+6BD4, &#27604; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BD4 |
| ← 毓 [U+6BD3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 毕 → [U+6BD5] |
| ⽐ | U+2F50, &#12112; KANGXI RADICAL COMPARE |
| ← ⽏ [U+2F4F] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽑ → [U+2F51] |

## Translingual
### Han character

比 (Kangxi radical 81, 比+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心心 (PP), four-corner 2171$_0$, composition ⿰⿺𠄌一匕(GHT) or ⿻𠃏⿰一一(GHT) or ⿰⿱⺊㇀匕(JKV))
* Kangxi radical #81, ⽐.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/比
* 㩺, 坒, 枈, 毞, 皆, 㿫, 粊, 䘡, 芘, 昆, 笓, 萞, 琵, 箆, 屁, 庇, 疪, 鹿, 䴡
* 仳, 吡, 㘩, 妣, 批, 沘, 阰, 枇, 玭, 肶, 䃾, 䀝, 砒, 秕, 粃, 紕(纰), 舭, 蚍, 䚹, 豼, 鈚(𬬫), 䩃, 魮
* 𫵏, 𢁦, 𢗽, 𤜻, 𣅪, 𤘥, 𤽊, 𥎬, 𧘱, 𬙌, 𫋪, 𭙂, 𧺲, 𧿥, 𨈚, 𬧱, 𨟵, 𩉫, 𩨨, 𬸲, 𪌈, 𭻦
* 𠨒, 𨚍, 𢻹, 𣢋, 𤿎, 𫖝, 𩲖, 𫚰, 𡗬, 𡛗, 𪫠, 𣅜, 𤘤, 𭆛, 𧣅, 𨋅, 𪟫, 𧔻, 𬼚, 𤽏, 𥤻, 𦊁, 𩬈, 𠨽

#### Descendants

* ひ (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
* ヒ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 590, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16743
* Dae Jaweon: page 982, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1415, character 8
* Unihan data for U+6BD4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 比 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Ancient script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 梐 | *piː, *biːʔ |
| 狴 | *piː |
| 悂 | *piː, *pʰi |
| 螕 | *piː |
| 鎞 | *piː |
| 蓖 | *piː |
| 篦 | *piː, *bis |
| 批 | *pʰiː |
| 砒 | *pʰiː |
| 鈚 | *pʰiː, *bi |
| 磇 | *pʰiː |
| 媲 | *pʰiːs |
| 笓 | *biː |
| 膍 | *biː, *bi |
| 陛 | *biːʔ |
| 仳 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ |
| 吡 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ |
| 紕 | *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ |
| 比 | *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ |
| 妣 | *piʔ, *pis |
| 秕 | *piʔ |
| 沘 | *piʔ, *bi |
| 枇 | *piʔ, *bi, *bis |
| 粊 | *pris |
| 庇 | *pis |
| 屁 | *pʰis |
| 琵 | *bi |
| 毗 | *bi |
| 貔 | *bi |
| 豼 | *bi |
| 蚍 | *bi |
| 芘 | *bi, *bis |
| 肶 | *bi |
| 魮 | *bi |
| 阰 | *bi |
| 坒 | *bis, *biɡ |
| 玭 | *bin |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 人 (“man”) + 人 – to juxtapose. Similar but unrelated to 从, 尼, 化 and 北.

### Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *phi-r/n/s (“late, behind, after, outside”) (STEDT root #5883). Cognate with 頻 (OC *bin, “several in succession”); outside of Sinitic, compare Proto-Naga *pʰaːy (“after”), as well as possibly Burmese ပြင် (prang, “outside”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bǐ (bi$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): би (bi, II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bi$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pí
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bi$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bi$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): bǐ
* Eastern Min (BUC): bī
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bi$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$pi / $^3$pi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$
*** Yale: bǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bi
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: би (bi, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^2$
*** Yale: béi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: bi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí
*** Hakka Romanization System: bi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pi⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bī
*** Sinological IPA : /pi³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
*** Tâi-lô: pí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pie
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Taipei): /pi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bi$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$pi
*** MiniDict: pi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$pi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou, Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^3$pi
*** MiniDict: pi$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pi⁵¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /pi⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: bi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁴¹/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit比 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pi²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pi²¹³/ /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pji⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pi⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pi²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pz̩²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pi⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pi⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pi⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pi³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pi⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pi⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pei³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pi³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pi³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pi⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pi⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pi²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pi³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pi³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pei³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pi³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pei³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pi⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pi³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pi²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pi⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔbi²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: pjijX
Rime :
| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 2/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 卑履切 |
| Baxter | pjijX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pjɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pi$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.pijʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*piʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.pijʔ/ |
| English | compare |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 1/5 |
| No. | 511 |
| Phonetic component | 比 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 匕 |
| Old Chinese | /*piʔ/ |

#### Definitions

比
* to compare; to contrast; to have a contest
    相比 ― xiàngbǐ ― to compare
    比武 ― bǐwǔ ― contest in martial arts skill
       Bié ná wǒ gēn biérén bǐ. [Pinyin]
       Don't compare me to others.
       Wǒmen liǎ bǐ yī bǐ, kàn shéi pǎo de kuài! [Pinyin]
       We shall have a race to see who runs faster!
       bǐ shàng bùzú, bǐ xià yǒu yú [Pinyin]
       to fall short of the best but be better than the worst
* to liken; to draw an analogy to
       Wǒmen cháng bǎ rénshēng bǐzuò mǎlāsōng. [Pinyin]
       We always liken life to a marathon race.
    From: 李振南 (2018 August 23) “融入生活是最好的传承”, in People's Daily (in Chinese), page 5
    Rúguǒ bǎ ménggǔzú wénhuà bǐzuò cǎoyuán, nà ménggǔzú fúshì jiùshì zhèpiàn cǎoyuán shàng zuì měi de huāduǒ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to emulate; to copy; to imitate
* to match; to be equal
    比得上 ― bǐdéshàng ― to compare favourably with
    今非昔比 ― jīnfēixībǐ ― to no longer be what one was before (literally, “the present cannot compare with the past”)
    From: 程煥 (2020 September 5) “白衣战士，用生命守护生命——记抗疫中的医务工作者”, in People's Daily (in Chinese), page 4
    Duìyú yīmíng shēnbiān méiyǒu qīnrén péibàn de zhòngzhèng huànzhě lái shuō, zài duō de yányǔ ānwèi yě bǐbùshàng shǒu yǔ shǒu de xiàng wò. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to be the ratio of; ... to ...
    一比三 ― yī bǐ sān ― 1:3
* indicating the score of a match
    現在幾比幾？／现在几比几？ ― Xiànzài jǐ bǐ jǐ? ― What's the score now?
       Jiǎ duì yǐ yī bǐ èr bài gěi yǐ duì. [Pinyin]
       Team 甲 lost to team 乙 by 1 to 2.
* to gesticulate; to gesture
    連說帶比／连说带比 ― lián shuō dài bǐ ― to gesticulate as one talks
    比手畫腳／比手画脚 ― bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo ― to illustrate with the help of gestures
* metaphor; analogy
* ratio; proportion
    師生比／师生比 ― shīshēng bǐ ― teacher-student ratio
    性價比／性价比 ― xìngjiàbǐ ― price–performance ratio
* than; more ... than; -er compared to
    她比我高。 ― Tā bǐ wǒ gāo. ― She is taller than me.
       Jīnnián xiàtiān bǐ qùnián rè duō le. [Pinyin]
       This summer is much hotter than the last one
       Wǒ mèimèi bǐ wǒ xiǎo sān suì. [Pinyin]
       My sister is 3 years younger than me.
    Yēhéhuá shén duì shé shuō, nǐ jì zuò le zhè shì, jiù bì shòu zhòuzǔ, bǐ yīqiè de shēngchù yěshòu gèng shèn. [Pinyin]
    The Lord God said unto the serpent: “Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field.”
    From: 1916, 最新番平歌, page 1
    kè-hoan ê lâng ū tè káng, pí lán Tn̂g-soaⁿ khah tiōng-lân [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Those who have gone abroad are saying that it is more difficult than in our China
* Used in transcription.
    莫三比克 ― Mòsānbǐkè ― Mozambique
    英屬哥倫比亞／英属哥伦比亚 ― Yīngshǔ Gēlúnbǐyà ― British Columbia
    比什凱克／比什凯克 ― Bǐshénkǎikè ― Bishkek
    比薩／比萨 ― bǐsà ― pizza
    史諾比／史诺比 ― Shǐnuòbǐ ― Snoopy
    比卡超 [Cantonese] ― bei$^2$ kaa$^1$ ciu$^1$ [Jyutping] ― Pikachu
** Short for 比利時／比利时 (Bǐlìshí).: Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
    比屬剛果／比属刚果 ― Bǐshǔ Gāngguǒ ― Belgian Congo
    比荷盧／比荷卢 ― Bǐhélú ― Benelux

#### Compounds

* 三乘比
* 三比西河
* 不成比例 (bùchéngbǐlì)
* 不比 (bùbǐ)
* 不比尋常 / 不比寻常
* 五比丘
* 人比人，氣死人 / 人比人，气死人 (rén bǐ rén, qì sǐ rén)
* 今非昔比 (jīnfēixībǐ)
* 來比錫 / 来比锡
* 倫比 / 伦比 (lúnbǐ)
* 倍比定律
* 傳動比 / 传动比
* 價比 / 价比
* 優比 / 优比
* 兩兩相比 / 两两相比
* 公案比語 / 公案比语
* 公比 (gōngbǐ)
* 其樂無比 / 其乐无比
* 利比亞 / 利比亚 (Lìbǐyà)
* 加勒比海 (Jiālèbǐ Hǎi)
* 功率比
* 劣比
* 反比 (fǎnbǐ)
* 反比例 (fǎnbǐlì)
* 史奴比 (Shǐnúbǐ)
* 可比 (kěbǐ)
* 哥倫比亞 / 哥伦比亚 (Gēlúnbǐyà)
* 壽比南山 / 寿比南山 (shòubǐnánshān)
* 大比
* 大比之年
* 大比之期
* 奇大無比 / 奇大无比
* 奧林比亞 / 奥林比亚
* 好比 (hǎobǐ)
* 完全比賽 / 完全比赛
* 富比王侯
* 富比陶衛 / 富比陶卫
* 將心比心 / 将心比心 (jiāngxīnbǐxīn)
* 對比 / 对比 (duìbǐ)
* 對比色 / 对比色
* 尚比亞 / 尚比亚 (Shàngbǐyà)
* 屬辭比事 / 属辞比事
* 岡比亞 / 冈比亚 (Gāngbǐyà)
* 巨大無比 / 巨大无比 (jùdàwúbǐ)
* 巴比倫 / 巴比伦 (Bābǐlún)
* 龐大無比 / 庞大无比
* 戈比 (gēbǐ)
* 打比 (dǎbǐ)
* 拉比 (lābǐ)
* 按分比例
* 排比 (páibǐ)
* 攀今比昔
* 方比
* 本利比
* 本益比
* 朱比特 (Zhūbǐtè)
* 案比
* 正比 (zhèngbǐ)
* 正比例 (zhèngbǐlì)
* 比不上 (bǐbùshàng)
* 比不了
* 比不得
* 比丘 (bǐqiū)
* 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní)
* 比並 / 比并 (bǐbìng)
* 比仿
* 比似
* 比例 (bǐlì)
* 比例尺 (bǐlìchǐ)
* 比值 (bǐzhí)
* 比個高下 / 比个高下
* 比個高低 / 比个高低
* 比價 / 比价 (bǐjià)
* 比先
* 比先時 / 比先时
* 比兒 / 比儿
* 比利時 / 比利时 (Bǐlìshí)
* 比劃 / 比划
* 比勢 / 比势
* 比卯
* 比合
* 比喻 (bǐyù)
* 比喻義 / 比喻义 (bǐyùyì)
* 比基尼 (bǐjīní)
* 比基尼島 / 比基尼岛
* 比壽 / 比寿
* 比如 (bǐrú)
* 比對 / 比对 (bǐduì)
* 比度
* 比張比李 / 比张比李
* 比心 (bǐxīn)
* 比手勢 / 比手势
* 比手式
* 比手畫腳 / 比手画脚 (bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo)
* 比擬 / 比拟 (bǐnǐ)
* 比數 / 比数 (bǐshù)
* 比方
* 比方說 / 比方说
* 比時 / 比时
* 比景
* 比校
* 比權量力 / 比权量力
* 比武 (bǐwǔ)
* 比武招親 / 比武招亲
* 比況 / 比况
* 比照 (bǐzhào)
* 比物
* 比物連類 / 比物连类
* 比率 (bǐlǜ)
* 比甲
* 比目 (bǐmù)
* 比目連枝 / 比目连枝
* 比目魚 / 比目鱼 (bǐmùyú)
* 比眾不同 / 比众不同
* 比箭掄拳 / 比箭抡拳
* 比索 (bǐsuǒ)
* 比翼 (bǐyì)
* 比翼連枝 / 比翼连枝
* 比翼雙飛 / 比翼双飞 (bǐyìshuāngfēi)
* 比翼鳥 / 比翼鸟 (bǐyìniǎo)
* 比興 / 比兴 (bǐxìng)
* 比薩 / 比萨 (bǐsà)
* 比薩斜塔 / 比萨斜塔 (Bǐsà Xiétǎ)
* 比西巴格 (Bǐxībāgé)
* 比試 / 比试 (bǐshì)
* 比語 / 比语
* 比象
* 比賽 / 比赛 (bǐsài)
* 比跡 / 比迹
* 比較 / 比较
* 比較文學 / 比较文学 (bǐjiào wénxué)
* 比較美學 / 比较美学
* 比輯 / 比辑
* 比邱
* 比部
* 比配 (bǐpèi)
* 比重 (bǐzhòng)
* 比重計 / 比重计
* 比量 (bǐliang)
* 比量齊觀 / 比量齐观
* 比附 (bǐfù)
* 比顯興隱 / 比显兴隐
* 比高
* 氨基比林
* 油氣比 / 油气比
* 流動比率 / 流动比率
* 混合比
* 渾不比 / 浑不比
* 演講比賽 / 演讲比赛
* 無可比擬 / 无可比拟 (wúkěbǐnǐ)
* 無可比象 / 无可比象
* 無比 / 无比 (wúbǐ)
* 無與倫比 / 无与伦比 (wúyǔlúnbǐ)
* 無與為比 / 无与为比
* 甘比亞 / 甘比亚 (Gānbǐyà)
* 百分比 (bǎifēnbǐ)
* 盧比 / 卢比 (lúbǐ)
* 相比 (xiāngbǐ)
* 等比 (děngbǐ)
* 舉世無比 / 举世无比
* 舉世莫比 / 举世莫比
* 莫三比克 (Mòsānbǐkè)
* 莫比
* 衣索比亞 / 衣索比亚 (Yīsuǒbǐyà)
* 複比 / 复比
* 評比 / 评比 (píngbǐ)
* 賦比興 / 赋比兴 (fùbǐxìng)
* 賴比瑞亞 / 赖比瑞亚 (Làibǐruìyà)
* 跳躍比賽 / 跳跃比赛
* 速動比率 / 速动比率
* 連枝比翼 / 连枝比翼
* 連比 / 连比
* 連類比物 / 连类比物
* 那密比亞 / 那密比亚
* 邱比特 (Qiūbǐtè)
* 配分比例
* 重比
* 阿布達比 / 阿布达比 (Ābù Dábǐ)
* 阿比
* 隱比 / 隐比
* 非比尋常 / 非比寻常
* 類比 / 类比 (lèibǐ)
* 類比信號 / 类比信号
* 類比唱片 / 类比唱片
* 類比電腦 / 类比电脑
* 龍舟比賽 / 龙舟比赛

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐ, bì
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ, ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^6$ / bei$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bê
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$
*** Yale: bǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^6$ / bei$^3$
*** Yale: beih / bei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^6$ / bei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^6$ / béi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯²²/, /pei̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bê
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛi²⁴²/
* Middle Chinese: bjijH, pjijH
Rime :
| Character | 比 | 比 |
| Reading # | 3/5 | 4/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 毗至切 | 必至切 |
| Baxter | bjijH | pjijH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biɪ$^H$/ | /piɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bi$^H$/ | /pi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjɪ$^H$/ | /pjɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bi$^H$/ | /pi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bi$^H$/ | /pi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bi$^H$/ | /pi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi$^H$/ | /pi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^6$ | bei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pij-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bis/, /*pis/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pij-s/ |
| English | combine; all |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 比 | 比 |
| Reading # | 4/5 | 2/5 |
| No. | 542 | 521 |
| Phonetic component | 比 | 比 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鼻 | 痹 |
| Old Chinese | /*bis/ | /*pis/ |

#### Definitions

比
* to be next to; to be near to; to stand close together; to lie next to
* to cling to; to collude with
* intimate; close; friendly
* dense; closely packed
* harmonious; melodious
* all; completely
* lately; recently
* frequently; repeatedly
* until; till
* eighth hexagram of the I Ching

#### Compounds

* 周而不比
* 接踵比肩 (jiēzhǒngbǐjiān)
* 昵比
* 朋比 (péngbǐ)
* 朋比作仇
* 朋比作奸
* 朋比為奸 (péngbǐwéijiān)
* 朋黨比周 / 朋党比周
* 櫛次鱗比 / 栉次鳞比
* 櫛比 / 栉比 (zhìbǐ)
* 櫛比鱗差 / 栉比鳞差
* 櫛比鱗次 / 栉比鳞次 (zhìbǐlíncì)
* 歲比不登 / 岁比不登
* 比來 / 比来 (bǐlái)
* 比及
* 比周
* 比屋
* 比屋可封
* 比屋而封
* 比屋而誅 / 比屋而诛
* 比年 (bǐnián)
* 比年不登
* 比捕
* 比歲 / 比岁 (bǐsuì)
* 比歲不登 / 比岁不登
* 比比 (bǐbǐ)
* 比比皆是 (bǐbǐjiēshì)
* 比比皆然
* 比肩 (bǐjiān)
* 比肩人
* 比肩皆是
* 比肩繼踵 / 比肩继踵 (bǐjiānjìzhǒng)
* 比肩而事
* 比肩而立 (bǐjiān'érlì)
* 比肩隨踵 / 比肩随踵 (bǐjiānsuízhǒng)
* 比至
* 比舍
* 比親 / 比亲
* 比蹤 / 比踪
* 比鄰 / 比邻 (bǐlín)
* 比鄰而居 / 比邻而居
* 肩相比
* 鄰比 / 邻比 (línbì)
* 駢比 / 骈比
* 鱗次櫛比 / 鳞次栉比 (líncìzhìbǐ)
* 鱗比 / 鳞比

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pí (pi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pí
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pí
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^2$
*** Yale: pí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^4$
*** Yale: pèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: bjij
Rime :
| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 1/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房脂切 |
| Baxter | bjij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bi/ |
| Li Rong | /bi/ |
| Wang Li | /bi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bi/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 3/5 |
| No. | 531 |
| Phonetic component | 比 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𣬈 |
| Old Chinese | /*bi/ |

#### Definitions

比
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 比蒲 (“placename”).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”).

#### Compounds

* 師比 / 师比 (shīpí)
* 比蒲
* 皋比 (gāopí)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: bjit
Rime :
| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 5/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 毗必切 |
| Baxter | bjit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /biɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /biĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*biɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 比 |
| Reading # | 5/5 |
| No. | 547 |
| Phonetic component | 比 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邲 |
| Old Chinese | /*biɡ/ |

#### Definitions

比
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed

### Pronunciation 5

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pǐ (pi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^3$
*** Yale: pǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

比
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^2$
*** Yale: béi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

比
* (Cantonese, colloquial) Alternative form of 畀

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)、び (bi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
* Kun: くらべる (kuraberu, 比べる, Jōyō)、ころ (koro, 比)、たぐい (tagui, 比い)
* Nanori: これ (kore)、たか (taka)、たすく (tasuku)、ちか (chika)、つね (tsune)、とも (tomo)、なみ (nami)、ひさ (hisa)

#### Compounds

* 比(ころ)おい (korooi)
* 比(ひ)叡(えい)山(ざん) (Hieizan)
* 比丘(びく) (biku)
* 比丘尼(びくに) (bikuni)
* 比目魚(ヒラメ) (hirame)
* 比律賓(フィリッピン) (Firippin)
* 亜剌比亜(アラビア) (Arabia)
* 恵(え)比(び)寿(す), 恵(え)比(び)須(す) (Ebisu)
* 甲(カ)比(ピ)丹(タン) (kapitan)
* 金(こん)比(ぴ)羅(ら) (Konpira)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 比
* ひ Grade: 5
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 譬 (compare)
* (ratio, compare, equal, match): from Middle Chinese 比 (MC pjijX).
* (eighth hexagram of the I Ching): from Middle Chinese 比 (MC pjijH) or 比 (MC bjijH).
* (Philippines): short form of the ateji (当て字) spelling 比律賓(フィリピン) (Firipin).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひ [híꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [çi]

#### Noun

比(ひ) • (hi)
* a ratio

##### Derived terms

* 比(ひ)する (hisuru)
* 比(ひ)抵(てい)抗(こう) (hiteikō)
* 比(ひ)電(でん)荷(か) (hidenka)
* 比(ひ)誘(ゆう)電(でん)率(りつ) (hiyūdenritsu)
* アスペクト比(ひ) (asupekuto-hi)
* 間(かん)隙(げき)比(ひ) (kangekihi)
* 空(くう)燃(ねん)比(ひ) (kūnenhi)
* 口(こう)径(けい)比(ひ) (kōkeihi)
* 構(こう)成(せい)比(ひ) (kōseihi)
* 三(さん)角(かく)比(ひ) (sankakuhi)
* 消(しょう)光(こう)比(ひ) (shōkōhi)
* 縦(しゅう)横(おう)比(ひ) (shūōhi)
* 信(しん)号(ごう)雑(ざつ)音(おん)比(ひ) (shingō-zatsuon-hi)
* 静(せい)圧(あつ)比(ひ) (seiatsuhi)
* 整(せい)数(すう)比(ひ) (seisūhi)
* 千(せん)分(ぶん)比(ひ) (senbunhi)
* 前(ぜん)年(ねん)比(ひ) (zennenhi)
* 相(そう)似(じ)比(ひ) (sōjihi)
* 男(だん)女(じょ)比(ひ) (danjohi)
* 直(ちょっ)間(かん)比(ひり)率(つ) (chokkan-hiritsu)
* 当(とう)社(しゃ)比(ひ) (tōshahi)
* 百(ひゃく)分(ぶん)比(ひ) (hyakubunhi)
* 揚(よう)抗(こう)比(ひ) (yōkōhi)
* 容(よう)積(せき)比(ひ) (yōsekihi)

##### Idioms

* 比(ひ)を求(もと)める (hi o motomeru)
* 比(ひ)を見(み)ない (hi o minai)

#### Affix

比(ひ) • (hi)
* comparison, match, equal
* ratio
* Abbreviation of 比律賓 (Firipin). the Philippines (フィリピン)

##### Derived terms

* 比(ひ)価(か) (hika)
* 比(ひ)較(かく) (hikaku)
* 比(ひ)況(きょう) (hikyō)
* 比(ひ)肩(けん) (hiken)
* 比(ひ)重(じゅう) (hijū)
* 比(ひ)島(とう) (Hitō)
* 比(ひ)日(にち) (Hi-Nichi)
* 比(ひ)熱(べつ) (hibetsu)
* 比(ひ)喩(ゆ) (hiyu)
* 比(ひ)諭(ゆ) (hiyu)
* 比(ひ)翼(よく) (hiyoku)
* 比(ひ)率(りつ) (hiritsu)
* 比(ひ)倫(りん) (hirin)
* 比(ひ)隣(りん) (hirin)
* 比(ひ)類(るい) (hirui)
* 比(ひ)例(れい) (hirei)
* 阿(あ)比(び) (abi)
* 逆(ぎゃく)比(ひ) (gyakuhi)
* 櫛(しっ)比(ぴ) (shippi)
* 正(せい)比(ひ) (seihi)
* 性(せい)比(ひ) (seihi)
* 対(たい)比(ひ) (taihi)
* 単(たん)比(ぴ) (tanpi)
* 定(てい)比(ひ) (teihi)
* 渡(と)比(ひ) (tohi)
* 等(とう)比(ひ) (tōhi)
* 日(にち)比(ひ) (Nichi-Hi)
* 反(はん)比(ぴ) (hanpi)
* 複(ふく)比(ひ) (fukuhi)
* 訪(ほう)比(ひ) (hōhi)
* 無(む)比(ひ) (muhi)
* 類(るい)比(ひ) (ruihi)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 比
* ころ Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 比 – see the following entry. :
| 【ころ】 | [particle] in, on, at (about time), at that time, around, about, approximately [noun] such a time [noun] time of year, season Alternative spelling 頃 |
(This term, 比, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 比
* たぐ(い) Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 比 – see the following entry. :
| 【類たぐい】 | [noun] sort, kind, type Alternative spellings 比い, 類, 属, 疇 |
(This term, 比, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

比 (eumhun 견줄 비 (gyeonjul bi))
* hanja form of 비 (“comparison”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

比: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ, tị, tí, Bỉ
* chữ Hán form of tỉ (“compare”).
* chữ Hán form of Bỉ (“Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)”).

#### Compounds

* 有比 (hữu tỉ)
* 比例 (tỉ lệ)
* 比例尺 (tỉ lệ xích)
* 比價 (tỉ giá)
* 比喻 (tỉ dụ)
* 比數 (tỉ số)
* 比試 (tỉ thí)
* 比重 (tỉ trọng)
* 無比 (vô tỉ)