比如

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	as (if); such as
simp. and trad. (比如)		比	如

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐrú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² jyu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): pí-jû / pí-lû / pí-jî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǐrú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄖㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiru
  - IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei² jyu⁴
  - Yale: béi yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei² jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi² yu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ jyː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-jû
  - Tâi-lô: pí-jû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyjuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-lû
  - Tâi-lô: pí-lû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyluu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lu²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-jî
  - Tâi-lô: pí-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyjii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑi²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑi¹³/

Etymology 1

Verb

比如

to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
to suppose; supposing; if

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 比在

See also

(for example): 譬如 (pìrú)

Derived terms

比如說／比如说 (bǐrúshuō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tibetan འབྲི་རུ ('bri ru).

Proper noun

比如

(～縣) Biru (a county of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)

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