比方

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
trad. (比方)		比	方
simp. #(比方)		比	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bǐfang, bǐfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ˙ㄈㄤ, ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄤ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бифон (bifon, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² fong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐfang
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ˙ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐfång
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-fang⁵
    • Yale: bǐ-fang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii.fang
    • Palladius: бифан (bifan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴ fɑŋ⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐfang
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-fang¹
    • Yale: bǐ-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biifang
    • Palladius: бифан (bifan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бифон (bifon, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ fɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² fong¹
    • Yale: béi fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

比方

1. to draw an analogy (with)
2. (colloquial) to take for example; for example; for instance; such as

Synonyms

• (to draw an analogy with):

• 打比 (dǎbǐ)
• 打比仿 (Huizhou)
• 打比子 (Muping)
• 打比方
• 比喻 (bǐyù)
• 譬喻 (pìyù)

 

• (to take for example):

• 例如 (lìrú)
• 別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 掠作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 比在 (Hokkien)
• 比如 (bǐrú)
• 比論／比论 (Dungan, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 若作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 諸如／诸如 (zhūrú)
• 講比／讲比 (jiang³ bi³) (Sichuanese)
• 譬如 (pìrú)

 

Noun

比方

1. analogy; instance; example

Synonyms

• 暗喻 (ànyù)
• 比喻 (bǐyù)
• 譬喻 (pìyù)
• 隱喻／隐喻 (yǐnyù)

 

Derived terms

• 打比方

 

Conjunction

比方

1. (colloquial) supposing that; if; say

Synonyms

• 假使 (jiǎshǐ)
• 如果 (rúguǒ)