好比

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Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
trad. (好比)		好	比
simp. ^#(好比)		好	比

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎobǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² bei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-pí
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hó-pí

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho² bi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎobǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎobǐ
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-pi³
  - Yale: hǎu-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haobii
  - Palladius: хаоби (xaobi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² bei²
  - Yale: hóu béi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² bei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² béi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ pei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-pí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho` bi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ bi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ pi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-pí
  - Tâi-lô: hó-pí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'pie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho² bi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó pí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ pi⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

好比

can be compared to; to be just like
to take for example; for example; for instance; such as

Synonyms

(can be compared to):

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
似乎 (sìhū)
似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
像 (xiàng)
像係／像系 (Hakka)
像是 (xiàngshì)
儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
好似 (hǎosì)
好像 (hǎoxiàng)
如同 (rútóng)
宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
就像 (jiùxiàng)
彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
敢若 (Hokkien)
敢若是 (Hokkien)
𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
甲像 (Hokkien)
甲像是 (Hokkien)
甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看似 (kànsì)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
若像 (Hokkien)
若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
象 (xiàng)
貌似 (màosì)
賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
較像／较像 (Hokkien)
較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

(to take for example):

例如 (lìrú)
別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
掠作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
比在 (Hokkien)
比如 (bǐrú)
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)

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