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比作 meaning in English

bǐzuò

to liken to; to compare to

11 strokes

Meaning of 比作

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bǐzuò
  1. to liken to
  2. to compare to

比作 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men常cháng常cháng把bǎ人rén生shēng比bǐ作zuò一yī场cháng旅lǚ程chéng。
Life is often compared to a journey.
阅yuè读dú一yī本běn书shū可kě以yǐ比bǐ作zuò一yī次cì旅lǚ行xíng。
Reading a book can be compared to a journey.
我wǒ们men常cháng常cháng把bǎ死sǐ亡wáng比bǐ作zuò睡shuì眠mián。
Death is often compared to sleep.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

比 bǐ · to compare · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

作 zuò · to do · 7 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 比作.

工作gōngzuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
动作dòngzuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
比如bǐrúfor example; for instance; such as
作用zuòyòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
作家zuòjiāauthor
比如说bǐrú shuōfor example
作业zuòyèschool assignment; homework
叫作jiàozuòto call; to be called
作文zuòwénto write an essay; composition (student essay)
比赛bǐsàicompetition (sports etc); match
比较bǐjiàoto compare; to contrast
合作hézuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together

Questions about 比作

What does 比作 mean?

比作 (bǐzuò) means "to liken to; to compare to".

How do you write 比作?

比作 is made of 2 characters: 比 (4 strokes), 作 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.