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bèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bèi | bei4
English translation
(two, three etc) -fold
times (multiplier)
double
to increase or multiply
to double; to increase or multiply

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About bèi

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

bèi

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Etymology of bèi

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Positional decomposition

亻咅

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Example sentences using bèi

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即使 jíshǐ shì wéi le de 缘故 yuángù , 那么 nà me 总是 zǒngshì 加倍 jiā bèi de 为了 wèile 自己 zìjǐ ma !

If not for his sake, then doubly for thine own!

自此 zì cǐ 以后 yǐ hòu men 信心 xìnxīn 倍增 bèi zēng ,觉得 juéde 肯定 kěndìng huì yíng .

They were doubly confident after this that he would win.

了不得! 上星期 shàng xīng qī diào dào de yǒu tiáo 的两 bèi .

Big deal! I caught a fish twice that big last week.

zài 室温 shì wēn xià , 钻石 zuànshí de 传导 chuán dǎo tóng kuài Gāo liù bèi 左右 zuǒyòu .

At room temperature, the thermal conductivity of a diamond is about six times higher than that of a piece of copper.

zhè zuò 城市 chéngshì de 空气污染 kōng qì wū rǎn 程度 chéngdù Zēng Gāo 接受 jiēshòu 标准 biāozhǔn de bèi .

Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.

Words with bèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bèi double bèi
加倍 jiā bèi to double加倍 jiā bèi
倍感 bèi gǎn to feel even more倍感 bèi gǎn
百倍 bǎi bèi a hundredfold百倍 bǎi bèi
倍增 bèi zēng to double倍增 bèi zēng
事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi a stitch in time saves nine事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
倍数 bèi shù multiple倍數
双倍 shuāng bèi twofold雙倍
安倍 Ān bèi Abe (Japanese surname)安倍 Ān bèi
倍儿 bèi r very倍兒
翻倍 fān bèi to double翻倍 fān bèi
安倍晋三 Ān bèi Jìn sān Abe Shinzo (1954-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from 2012安倍晉三
事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn twice the effort for half the result事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn
二倍体 èr bèi tǐ diploid (in cell biology)二倍體
每逢佳节倍思亲 měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维 Wáng Wéi [Wáng​Wéi])每逢佳節倍思親
信心百倍 xìn xīn bǎi bèi brimming with confidence (idiom)信心百倍 xìn xīn bǎi bèi
单倍体 dān bèi tǐ haploid (single chromosome)單倍體
多倍体 duō bèi tǐ polyploid (multiple chromosomes)多倍體
最小公倍数 zuì xiǎo gōng bèi shù least common multiple最小公倍數
八倍体 bā bèi tǐ octoploid八倍體
双倍体 shuāng bèi tǐ diploid (doubled chromosomes)雙倍體

bèi Decomposition & Compounds

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bèi Decomposition

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bèi Compounds

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