比來

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See also: 比来

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	to come
trad. (比來)		比	來
simp. (比来)		比	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐlái

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² loi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐlái
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-lai²
  - Yale: bǐ-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biilai
  - Palladius: билай (bilaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei² loi⁴
  - Yale: béi lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei² loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi² loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/

Adverb

比來

(literary) recently; lately
- 比來天下奢靡，轉相倣效，而徐公雅尚自若，不與俗同。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  比来天下奢靡，转相仿效，而徐公雅尚自若，不与俗同。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE
  Bǐlái tiānxià shēmǐ, zhuǎn xiàng fǎngxiào, ér Xú gōng yǎ shàng zìruò, bù yǔ sú tóng.
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

一向 (yīxiàng)
最近 (zuìjìn)
只兩幫 / 只两帮 (cī-lâng-bōng) (Eastern Min)
只幫 / 只帮 (cī-bōng) (Eastern Min)
呢排 (Cantonese)
新近 (xīnjìn)
日來 / 日来 (rìlái) (literary)
比年 (bǐnián) (literary)
比歲 / 比岁 (bǐsuì) (literary)
近來 / 近来 (jìnlái)
近排 (gan⁶ paai^4-2) (Cantonese)
這擺 / 这摆 (Hokkien)
這擺仔 / 这摆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這番仔 / 这番仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這程 / 这程 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這站 / 这站 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這站仔 / 这站仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這過 / 这过 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這過仔 / 这过仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
這陣 / 这阵 (zhèzhèn) (colloquial)
邇來 / 迩来 (ěrlái) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
比	來
ひ Grade: 5	らい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 比來 – see the following entry.

【比来ひらい】

(literary) recently; lately

(This term, 比來, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
比	來

Noun

比來 • (birae) (hangeul 비래)

hanja form^? of 비래

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