LEARN + CHINESE / 23 of 300 HSK 1
Taller Than Yesterday 比
Two jackets, one mirror: this one feels warmer than yesterday’s, but the other costs more. Chinese puts the thing you’re describing first, then 比 and the point of comparison: A 比 B + adjective. To say A falls short of B on that quality, use 没有 instead: A 没有 B + adjective.
Examples
今天比昨天热。
Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān rè.
Today is hotter than yesterday.
这本书比那本书贵。
Zhè běn shū bǐ nà běn shū guì.
This book is more expensive than that one.
我没有姐姐高。
Wǒ méiyǒu jiějie gāo.
I’m not as tall as my older sister.
Hint · 힌트
Do not add 很 before the adjective in a basic 比 sentence. 没有 in a comparison means “not as…as,” not simply “do not have.”
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
bǐ | compared to; than |
gāo | high; tall |
hé | and; with |
jiějie | older sister |
jīntiān | today |
zuótiān | yesterday |
méiyǒu | not have |
wǒ | I; me |
yǒu | to have |
zhè | this |
nà | that |
guì | expensive; honorable |
rè | hot |
jiě | older sister |
tiān | sky; day |
shū | book |
běn | volume (book measure word) |
méi | not (have); did not |
cóng | from |
chēshang | in the car/vehicle |
TRY IT YOURSELF
Quick check
Which pattern says ‘A is not as tall as B’?
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