比例

Chinese

 
side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
 
example; precedent; rule; case; instance
simp. and trad.
(比例)

Etymology

Original sense attestable in Classical Chinese. The mathematics sense is believed to have been coined by Matteo Ricci.[1]

Pronunciation


Noun

比例

  1. (mathematics) ratio; proportion
    持股比例   chígǔ bǐlì   equity ratio
    男女比例失衡   nánnǚ bǐlì shīhéng   sex ratio imbalance
  2. proportion; percentage; share
  3. (cartography) scale

Derived terms

  • 比例代表制
  • 比例尺 (bǐlìchǐ)
  • 比例稅制比例税制
  • 配分比例

References

  1. Huang Heqing (黃河清), 利玛窦对汉语的贡献, 2003

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
れい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

比例 (hiragana ひれい, rōmaji hirei)

  1. proportion, ratio

Compounds

  • 比例区 (hireiku): proportionally represented constituency
  • 比例式 (hireishiki): proportional expression
  • 比例税 (hireizei): proportional tax
  • 比例中項 (hirei chūkō): mean proportional
  • 比例配分 (hirei haibun): proportional distribution
  • 比例代表制 (hirei daihyō sei): proportional representation
  • 名簿式比例代表制 (meibo-shiki hirei daihyō sei): proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members
  • 拘束名簿式比例代表制 (kōsoku meibo-shiki hirei daihyō sei): proportional representation electoral system
  • 非拘束名簿式比例代表制 (hi-kōsoku meibo-shiki hirei daihyō sei): proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast
  • 小選挙区比例代表並立制 (shō-senkyoku hirei daihyō heiritsu sei): electoral system comprised of single-seat and multiple-seat constituencies
  • 逆比例 (gyakuhirei): inverse proportion to
  • 正比例 (seihirei): direct proportion
  • 単比例 (tanpirei): simple proportion
  • 定比例 (teihirei): fixed proportion
  • 反比例 (hanpirei): inverse proportion
  • 複比例 (fukuhirei): compound proportion
  • 定比例の法則 (teihirei no hōsoku): law of definite proportions
  • 倍数比例の法則 (baisū hirei no hōsoku): law of multiple proportions

Verb

比例する (hiragana ひれいする, rōmaji hirei suru)

  1. be proportional, be in proportion

Conjugation

Usage notes

Often this verb is used in the past tense, 比例した, to mean "commensurate" or "proportionate", or in the -te form 比例して to mean "in proportion." As such it expresses concepts with a verb that are usually expressed with other parts of speech in English.

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