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比例

bǐ lì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

比例 (bǐ lì) means "proportion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 比例 means

1. proportion
2. scale

The characters in 比例

• 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more adj. than noun; ratio
• 例lìexample; precedent; rule

Example sentences

• 1772 年，埃斯皮利先生计算出法国人口超过 2,200 万人；其中男性 10,562,631 人，女性 11,451,726 人；因此，女性与男性的比例约为 14 比 13。
  Monsieur D'Espilly, in the year 1772, calculated the population of France at upwards of 22 millions; namely, 10,562,631 males, and 11,451,726 females; consequently the proportion of females to males was about 14 to 13.

Words starting with 比例

• 比例尺bǐ lì chǐscale; architect's scale; engineer's scale

Words containing 比例

• 正比例zhèng bǐ lìdirect proportionality

Sounds the same

Read bǐ lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 比利(HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
• 笔力vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing; vigor of style in literary composition
• 俾利to facilitate; thus making easier

Where 比例 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Essence, Fundamentals & Logic (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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