比如

Chinese

		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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• 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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pi-zy; ⁵pi-lu

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• 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
  • (Northern: 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

比如

1. to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
2. to suppose; supposing; if

Synonyms

• (to take for example):

edit

• 例如 (lìrú)
• 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

• 比如說／比如说 (bǐrúshuō)

 

Etymology 2

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǐrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² jyu⁴

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• 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

比如

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