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| Pronunciation |
: |
bèi |
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| Meaning |
: |
- (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier). (n)
- double. (adj)
- to increase or multiply. (v)
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| Radical |
: |
亻 |
| Strokes |
: |
10 |
| Traditional |
: |
倍 |
| Usage |
: |
6.3% |
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Common Words / Phrases:
| 4. |
|
|
: |
get twice the result with half the effort |
Sentences:
| 1. This book is three times thicker than that one. |
| zhè |
běn |
shū |
de |
hòu |
dù |
shì |
nà |
běn |
shū |
de |
sān |
bèi |
。 |
| 这 |
本 |
书 |
的 |
厚 |
度 |
是 |
那 |
本 |
书 |
的 |
3 |
倍 |
。 |
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| 这 |
: |
this |
| 本 |
: |
measure word |
| 书 |
: |
book |
| 的 |
: |
particle used after an attribute; to |
| 厚度 |
: |
thickness |
| 是 |
: |
is |
| 那 |
: |
that |
| 倍 |
: |
times; -fold |
|
| 2. Prices have doubled. |
| wù |
jià |
zhǎng |
le |
liǎng |
bèi |
。 |
| 物 |
价 |
涨 |
了 |
两 |
倍 |
。 |
|
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|
| 物价 |
: |
(commodity) prices |
| 涨 |
: |
go up |
| 了 |
: |
particle indicating that something has happened |
| 两 |
: |
two |
| 倍 |
: |
times |
|
| 3. You will have to work comparably harder. |
| nǐ |
bì |
xū |
jiā |
bèi |
nǔ |
lì |
gōng |
zuò |
cái |
xíng |
。 |
| 你 |
必 |
须 |
加 |
倍 |
努 |
力 |
工 |
作 |
才 |
行 |
。 |
|
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| 你 |
: |
you |
| 必须 |
: |
must |
| 加倍 |
: |
double |
| 努力 |
: |
great effort; to strive |
| 工作 |
: |
work |
| 才 |
: |
only |
| 行 |
: |
ok, do |
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