好比

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
trad. (好比)		好	比
simp. #(好比)		好	比

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎobǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² bei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-pí
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hó-pí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho² bi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎobǐ [Phonetic: háobǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎobǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-pi³
    • Yale: hǎu-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haobii
    • Palladius: хаоби (xaobi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² bei²
    • Yale: hóu béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ pei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-pí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho` bi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ bi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ pi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-pí
    • Tâi-lô: hó-pí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'pie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho² bi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó pí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ pi⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

好比

1. can be compared to; to be just like
2. to take for example; for example; for instance; such as

Synonyms

• (can be compared to):

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

 

• (to take for example):

• 例如 (lìrú)
• 別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 掠作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 比在 (Hokkien)
• 比如 (bǐrú)
• 比方 (colloquial)
• 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)

 

Related terms

• 活像 (huóxiàng)