比照 (bǐ zhào) — to compare, to contrast; according to, in accordance with (a model, standard, or precedent)

Definition

A formal verb meaning both 'to compare' and 'to do something in accordance with a model or standard'. Stronger and more written than 对比 (compare); 比照 is the one used when rules are modeled on a precedent.

verb
to compareto contrastaccording toin accordance with (a model, standard, or precedent)

Examples

  • 比照。
    Qǐng bǐ zhào zhè liǎng gè fāng àn de bù tóng zhī chù.
    Please compare the differences between these two plans.
  • 比照，。
    bǐ zhào Qù nián de shù jù, jīn nián de chǎn liàng zēng jiā le bǎi fēn zhī shí.
    Compared to last year's data, this year's output increased by ten percent.
  • 比照。
    Wǒ men yīng gāi bǐ zhào guó jì biāo zhǔn lái zhì dìng xīn guī zé.
    We should formulate new rules according to international standards.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

比bǐcompare
照zhàorefer to

比 means compare and 照 means refer to or imitate, together conveying comparison or acting according to a model.

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.

  • 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
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
昭
昭zhāo照zhào
Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

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