比武

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	martial; military
trad. (比武)		比	武
simp. #(比武)		比	武

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² mou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí-vú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pí-bú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi² bhu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐwǔ [Phonetic: bíwǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-wu³
    • Yale: bǐ-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiwuu
    • Palladius: биу (biu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² mou⁵
    • Yale: béi móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-vú
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi` vu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ vu³
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ vu³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-bú
    • Tâi-lô: pí-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py'buo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi² bhu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí bú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ bu⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

比⫽武 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to compete in a martial arts contest

Synonyms

• 比畫／比画 (bǐhua)

Derived terms

• 比武招親／比武招亲