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比比 (bǐ bǐ) — (adv) frequently, many times; (adv) everywhere, here and there

Definition

比 is repeated as 比比 to mean 'frequently / everywhere' — a literary adverb, not a single 比 ('compare'). It is the written counterpart to 处处 ('everywhere') and 常常 ('frequently'), more formal than either.

adverb
(adv) frequentlymany times(adv) everywherehere and there

Examples

  • ，比比。
    Jìn nián lái, cǐ lèi shì gù bǐ bǐ fā shēng.
    In recent years, this kind of accident has occurred frequently.
  • 。
    Shì chǎng shàng jiǎ mào wěi liè chǎn pǐn bǐ bǐ jiē shì.
    Fake and shoddy products are everywhere on the market.
  • 比比。
    Tā bǐ bǐ tí dào guò zhè ge xiǎng fǎ.
    He has mentioned this idea many times.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

比bǐcompare
比bǐcompare

The two 比 together give the sense of many times or everywhere.

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.

Open 比 →

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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