櫛比

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Chinese

comb out; weed out, eliminate
side by side; compare; to gesture
side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
 
trad. (櫛比)
simp. (栉比)

Pronunciation


Verb

櫛比

  1. (literary) to place closely side by side (like the teeth of a comb)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (櫛比):
  • Japanese: 櫛比(しっぴ) (shippi)
  • Korean: 즐비(櫛比) (jeulbi)