Comparison with 比: A比B + adj/更/还

Chinese grammar · HSK 2 · 比较句 · By Carson 木林森

You already know A比B+Adj (他比我高). Now add 更 or 还 before the adjective for 'even more':

比 bǐ Belgium 更 gèng to change or replace 还 hái still 形容词 xíng róng cí

他比我更高。(He's even taller than me — states a clear fact.)
今天比昨天还冷。(Today is even colder than yesterday — often implies surprise/contrast: it was already cold!)

更 and 还 are similar but 还 often carries a stronger sense of 'and yet more so', especially when the baseline (B) already has some degree of the quality.

Never combine with 很: ❌ 他比我很高。✅ 他比我更高。

Worked examples

Chinese	Pinyin	English	What it shows
他比我更高。	Tā bǐ wǒ gèng gāo.	He's even taller than me.	Minimal frame, adds 更 to the known 比 pattern.
这个问题比那个更难。	Zhège wèntí bǐ nàge gèng nán.	This problem is even harder than that one.	Same 更 pattern with an abstract noun subject.
我姐姐已经很漂亮了，可是我妹妹比她还漂亮。	Wǒ jiějie yǐjīng hěn piàoliang le, kěshì wǒ mèimei bǐ tā hái piàoliang.	My older sister is already pretty, but my younger sister is even prettier than her.	还 emphasizes a surprising extra degree, since B already has the quality.

Produce this pattern without stopping to think about it. GraphChinese drills Comparison with 比 across 13 exercises and schedules the review that keeps it.

What you need first

Every topic in GraphChinese names its own prerequisites, and these are the grammar points this one is built on. If a sentence here will not parse, one of them is why.

Comparison Sentences with 比 and 没有

What this opens up

These patterns list Comparison with 比 among their own prerequisites, so they become readable once this one holds.

Comparison with 比 is one topic of 829. GraphChinese teaches them in prerequisite order, so this pattern reaches you on the day everything it rests on is proven. The whole course, HSK 0 through HSK 6, is $49 once for lifetime access.

Start at your true level