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倍

bèi

HSK 4 Character

What 倍 means

1. (two, three etc) -fold
2. times (multiplier)
3. double
4. to increase or multiply

Example sentences

• 他大我一倍。
  He is twice as old as I am.
• 价值翻倍了。
  The value doubled.
• 你比我重十倍。
  Nǐ bǐ wǒ zhòng shíbèi.
  You're ten times heavier than I am.
• 我付了两倍的钱。
  I paid double the sum.
• 鹿是简的三倍重。
  The deer is three times as heavy as Jane.
• 6的4倍是多少?
  How much is four times six?

Words starting with 倍

• 倍感bèi gǎnto feel even more (lonely etc); to be extremely (sad, delighted etc)
• 倍增bèi zēngto double; to redouble; to increase many times over
• 倍数bèi shùmultiple; multiplier; factor
• 倍儿bèi r(colloquial) very; really
• 倍率bèi lǜ(optics) magnifying power
• 倍速bèi sùsped-up (playback)
• 倍儿棒bèi r bàng(dialect) awesome; excellent
• 倍增器bèi zēng qìmultiplier
• 倍足纲bèi zú gāngDiplopoda (zoology)
• 倍足类bèi zú lèiDiplopoda…
• 倍频器bèi pín qìfrequency multiplier

Words containing 倍

• 加倍jiā bèito double; to redouble
• 百倍bǎi bèia hundredfold; (fig.) markedly; to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive)…
• 事半功倍shì bàn gōng bèi(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
• 成倍chéng bèitwofold; manyfold; exponentially
• 两倍liǎng bèitwice as much; double the amount
• 安倍Ān bèiAbe (Japanese surname)
• 几倍jǐ bèiseveral times (bigger); double, treble, quadruple etc
• 翻倍fān bèito double
• 双倍shuāng bèitwofold; double
• 公倍式gōng bèi shìcommon multiple expression
• 公倍数gōng bèi shùcommon multiple
• 单倍体dān bèi tǐhaploid (single chromosome)
• 多倍体duō bèi tǐpolyploid (multiple chromosomes)
• 整倍数zhěng bèi shùinteger multiple
• 双倍体shuāng bèi tǐdiploid (doubled chromosomes)
• 事倍功半shì bèi gōng bàn(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result
• 放大倍数fàng dà bèi shùmagnifying power; magnification
• 整数倍数zhěng shù bèi shùintegral multiple
• 最小公倍数zuì xiǎo gōng bèi shùleast common multiple
• 染色体倍性rǎn sè tǐ bèi xìngploidy (number of homologous chromosomes)
• 异源多倍体yì yuán duō bèi tǐallopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of different species)
• 果倍爽Guǒ bèi shuǎngCapri-Sun, juice drink brand
• 三倍sān bèitriple; three times as much; threefold
• 十倍shí bèitenfold; ten times (sth)

Characters built on 咅

These share the phonetic component 咅 (pǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 培péito bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 焙bèito dry over a fire; to bake
• 碚bèi(used in place names)
• 醅pēiunstrained spirits
• 锫péiberkelium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 倍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 悔huǐ(bound form) to regret; to repent
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 侮wǔto insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 俭jiǎn(bound form) frugal; thrifty

Sounds the same

Read bèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 被quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
• 备(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
• 背the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 贝cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
• 辈lifetime; generation; group of people
• 惫exhausted
• 狈a legendary wolf; distressed; wretched
• 蓓used in 蓓蕾
• 焙to dry over a fire; to bake
• 悖to go against; to be contrary to; perverse
• 钡barium (chemistry)
• 孛comet