好比

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
trad. (好比)		好	比
simp. ^#(好比)		好	比

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎobǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² bei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-pí
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hó-pí

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho² bi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎobǐ [Phonetic: háobǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎobǐ
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-pi³
  - Yale: hǎu-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haobii
  - Palladius: хаоби (xaobi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² bei²
  - Yale: hóu béi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² bei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² béi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ pei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-pí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho` bi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ bi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ pi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-pí
  - Tâi-lô: hó-pí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'pie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho² bi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó pí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ pi⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

好比

can be compared to; to be just like
to take for example; for example; for instance; such as

Synonyms

(can be compared to):

Synonyms of 好比

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (sì) (Classical Chinese, Cantonese)
似乎 (sìhū)
似如 (Xiang)
像 (xiàng)
像是 (xiàngshì)
好似 (hǎosì)
好像 (hǎoxiàng)
如同 (rútóng)
宛 (wǎn) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
就像 (jiùxiàng)
忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
敢若 (Min Nan)
敢若是 (Min Nan)
有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
甲像 (Min Nan)
甲像是 (Min Nan)
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看似 (kànsì)
若 (ruò) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
若像 (Min Nan)

表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
象 (xiàng)
貌似 (màosì)
像係／像系 (Hakka)
儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
勝如／胜如 (Wu)
彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
甲親像／甲亲像 (Min Nan)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
若親像／若亲像 (Min Nan)
親像／亲像 (Hakka, Min Nan)
賽可／赛可 (Ningbo)
較像／较像 (Min Nan)
較像是／较像是 (Min Nan)
較親像／较亲像 (Min Nan)
顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)
𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Min Nan)

(to take for example):

例如 (lìrú)
比在 (Min Nan)
比如 (bǐrú)
比方 (bǐfang) (colloquial)
譬如 (pìrú)

別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
比論／比论 (Dungan, Hakka, Min Nan)
諸如／诸如 (zhūrú)
講比／讲比 (Sichuanese)

Related terms

活像 (huóxiàng)

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