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比较

bǐ jiào

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 比較

比较 (bǐ jiào) means "relatively; quite; to compare". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 比较 means

1. to compare
2. to contrast
3. comparatively
4. relatively
5. quite
6. comparison

How 比较 is used in grammar

比较 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree Adverbs: 比较, 更加, 相当, 极 (HSK 3)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, adverbs (程度副词).

The characters in 比较

• 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more adj. than noun; ratio
• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to

Example sentences

• 哪个比较贵？
  Which one is more expensive?
• 以前比较好。
  It was better in the old days.
• 这本书比较小。
  This book is smaller.
• 这个比较漂亮。
  This one is prettier.
• 我回家比较好。
  I'd better get back home.
• 我现在比较忙。
  I'm pretty busy right now.

Words starting with 比较

• 比较文学bǐ jiào wén xuécomparative literature
• 比较级bǐ jiào jí(grammar) the comparative
• 比较分析bǐ jiào fēn xīcomparative analysis
• 比较而言bǐ jiào ér yáncomparatively speaking

Words containing 比较

• 相对比较xiāng duì bǐ jiàorelatively; comparatively

Where 比较 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Stance Adverbs & Evaluative Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǐ jiào correctly.
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