LEARN + CHINESE / 55 of 300 HSK 2
A Little Cheaper, Just as Big例 · 这家店比那家店便宜十块钱
You’re choosing between two cafés. One is cheaper, but the other is just as close. Chinese has a few everyday ways to compare: 比 marks “more/less than,” 不如 says one option doesn’t measure up, and 跟……一样 means “the same as.”
这家店比那家店便宜十块钱。
zhè jiā diàn bǐ nà jiā diàn piányi shí kuài qián.
This shop is ten yuan cheaper than that one.
今天比昨天冷三度。
jīntiān bǐ zuótiān lěng sān dù.
It’s three degrees colder today than yesterday.
坐地铁不如坐公交方便。
zuò dìtiě bùrú zuò gōngjiāo fāngbiàn.
Taking the subway isn’t as convenient as taking the bus.
这个房间跟那个房间一样大。
zhè ge fángjiān gēn nà ge fángjiān yíyàng dà.
This room is the same size as that one.
Hint · 힌트
In a 比 sentence, say the quality first and the amount of difference after it: 便宜十块 (“ten yuan cheaper”). Don’t add 很 before the adjective in this pattern.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
bǐ | than; compared with |
bùrú | not as good/convenient as |
gēn | with; as (in a comparison) |
yíyàng | the same; equally |
piányi | cheap; inexpensive |
fāngbiàn | convenient |
lěng | cold |
dà | big; large |
diàn | shop; store |
jiā | measure word for shops |
kuài qián | yuan (colloquial) |
jīntiān | today |
zuótiān | yesterday |
dù | degree |
zuò | to take (transport); sit |
dìtiě | subway; metro |
gōngjiāo | city bus |
fángjiān | room |
gèng | even more |
zuì | most |
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