比如

Chinese edit

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	as (if); such as
trad. (比如)		比	如
simp. ^#(比如)		比	如

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Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐrú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² jyu⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pí-jû / pí-lû / pí-jî

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi² ru⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵pi-zy; ⁵pi-lu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐrú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐrú
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-ju²
  - Yale: bǐ-rú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiru
  - Palladius: бижу (bižu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei² jyu⁴
  - Yale: béi yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei² jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi² yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ jyː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-jû
  - Tâi-lô: pí-jû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyjuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-lû
  - Tâi-lô: pí-lû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyluu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-jî
  - Tâi-lô: pí-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyjii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi² ru⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí jû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pi-zy; ⁵pi-lu
  - MiniDict: pi^去 zy; pi^去 lu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi-zr; ²pi-lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³³ zz̩⁴⁴/, /pi³³ lu⁴⁴/

Note: ⁵pi-lu - younger speakers, Mandarin-influenced, proscribed.

Verb edit

比如

to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
to suppose; supposing; if

Synonyms edit

(to take for example):

例如 (lìrú)
別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好比 (hǎobǐ)
掠作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
比在 (Hokkien)
比方 (colloquial)
比論／比论 (Dungan, Hakka, Hokkien)
若作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
諸如／诸如 (zhūrú)
講比／讲比 (jiang³ bi³) (Sichuanese)
譬如 (pìrú)

Derived terms edit

比如說／比如说 (bǐrúshuō)

Etymology 2 edit

		phonetic
trad. (比如)		比	如
simp. ^#(比如)		比	如

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比如縣

Borrowed from Tibetan འབྲི་རུ ('bri ru).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bǐrú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² jyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bǐrú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bǐrú
  - Wade–Giles: Pi³-ju²
  - Yale: Bǐ-rú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Biiru
  - Palladius: Бижу (Bižu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei² jyu⁴
  - Yale: béi yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei² jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi² yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ jyː²¹/

Proper noun edit

比如

(～縣) Biru (a county of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)