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几倍

jǐ bèi

2-character word Traditional 幾倍

What 几倍 means

1. several times (bigger)
2. double, treble, quadruple etc

The characters in 几倍

• 几jǐhow many; how much; several; a few
• 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double

Example sentences

• 大象的体型比老鼠的体型大好几倍。
  Dàxiàng de tǐxíng bǐ lǎoshǔ de tǐxíng dà hǎojǐ bèi.
  Elephants are several times the size of mice.

Sounds the same

Read jǐ bèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脊背back (of a human or other vertebrate)