可比性 (kě bǐ xìng) — comparability

Definition

noun
comparability

Examples

  • 可比性。
    Zhè liǎng gè shù jù jí de kě bǐ xìng hěn gāo.
    The comparability of these two data sets is very high.
  • ，可比性。
    Zài jìn xíng yán jiū zhī qián, wǒ men xū yào píng gū yàng běn de kě bǐ xìng.
    Before conducting the research, we need to evaluate the comparability of the samples.
  • 可比性。
    Bù tóng pǐn pái de kě bǐ xìng kě yǐ bāng zhù xiāo fèi zhě zuò chū gèng hǎo de xuǎn zé.
    The comparability of different brands can help consumers make better choices.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

可比comparable
可kěcan比bǐcompare
偏正Modifier + head
性xìngquality

“可” means can, “比” means compare, and “性” means quality, so it names the quality of being comparable.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丂
丂kǎo可kě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

  • 匕匕bǐ
  • 匕匕bǐ

比 is two 匕 placed side by side. Chu Wan-li treats both as sound parts, while an old reading takes the side-by-side arrangement as putting things next to each other.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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