比起 meaning in English

bǐqǐ

compared with

HSK 7-914 strokes

Meaning of 比起

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bǐqǐ

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

我wǒ们men的de问wèn题tí和hé她tā的de比bǐ起qǐ来lái不bù算suàn什shén么me。

Our problems are nothing compared to hers.

和hé你nǐ的de车chē比bǐ起qǐ来lái，我wǒ的de车chē很hěn小xiǎo。

Compared to yours, my car is small.

比bǐ起qǐ出chū门mén，我wǒ更gèng喜xǐ欢huān待dài在zài家jiā。

I would rather stay at home than go out.

比bǐ起qǐ狗gǒu，我wǒ更gèng喜xǐ欢huān猫māo。

I prefer cats to dogs.

比bǐ起qǐ少shǎo抽chōu烟yān，你nǐ何hé不bù直zhí接jiē把bǎ烟yān戒jiè了le？

Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?

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Words that share a character with 比起.

一起	yīqǐ	(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
起来	qǐlái	to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
对不起	duìbuqǐ	I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
起床	qǐchuáng	to get out of bed; to get up
想起	xiǎngqǐ	to recall; to think of
比如	bǐrú	for example; for instance; such as
起飞	qǐfēi	(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star
比如说	bǐrú shuō	for example
看起来	kàn qǐlái	seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
比赛	bǐsài	competition (sports etc); match
比较	bǐjiào	to compare; to contrast
相比	xiāngbǐ	to compare

What does 比起 mean?

比起 (bǐqǐ) means "compared with".

How do you write 比起?

比起 is made of 2 characters: 比 (4 strokes), 起 (10 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 比起 an HSK word?

Yes. 比起 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.