比|ひhi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, noun (suffix)ratio; proportion
  2. nounmatch; equal; equivalent; comparison
  3. noun (suffix)compared with ...; relative to ...
    The index rose 4% from the preceding month.
  4. nounPhilippines
  5. nounexplicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym比率ひりつWrittenWritten/formal prose for the proportion between two compared quantities; 「比」 is more concise and is the usual choice in math, as in 「3対2の比」.
  • RelatedくらべCasualColloquial; usually a suffix meaning comparison or a contest, as in 「背比べ」. 「比」 by contrast is a ratio, or a comparable match, as in 「比ではない」.

For ratios in math, use 「比」, as in 「比の値」; for proportions and percentages, use 「比率」; contests and comparisons usually take the suffix 「〜比べ」, as in 「力比べ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (ヒ)比率ひりつ。割合わりあい。
  2. (ヒ)比肩ひけんしうるもの。比較ひかくの対象たいしょう。くらべもの。
  3. (ヒ)フィリピン (比ひ律りつ賓ひん)。
  4. 系けいの質量しつりょうの大おおきさによって変かわる性質せいしつがある物理量ぶつりりょうの名称めいしょうに付つけて、単位たんい質量しつりょう当あたりの物理量ぶつりりょうであること示しめす。
  5. フィリピンを意味いみする語ごを作つくる。
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