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环比 (huán bǐ) — (verb) to compare period-on-period (month-on-month, quarter-on-quarter, etc.)

Definition

环比 (huánbǐ) means 'period-on-period' — comparing the current period to the immediately preceding one (e.g. this month vs. last month). Use 同比 instead when comparing to the same period a year earlier.

verb
to compare period-on-period (month-on-month, quarter-on-quarter, etc.)

Examples

  • 环比10%。
    Zhè ge jì dù de lì rùn huán bǐ shàng jì dù zēng zhǎng le 10%.
    This quarter's profit increased by 10% compared to the previous quarter.
  • 环比。
    Wǒ men xū yào huán bǐ zhè liǎng gè yuè de shù jù.
    We need to compare the data for these two months period-on-period.
  • 环比，。
    huán bǐ Jié guǒ xiǎn shì, chǎn liàng lián xù sān gè yuè xià jiàng.
    The period-on-period results show that output has declined for three consecutive months.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

环huánring
比bǐcompare

环 suggests a ring or successive period, and 比 means compare, so together they mean comparing period with period.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 環; 环 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
睘
睘qióng環huán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 環 pairs 玉 (jade) with a sound part; the simplified 环 is a shorthand and its right side is not the historical sound part.

Open 环 →

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.

Open 比 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Economy & TradeMath

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