攀比

Chinese

		climb up; pull	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
trad. (攀比)		攀	比
simp. #(攀比)		攀	比

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pānbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paan¹ bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pānbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: panbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan¹-pi³
    • Yale: pān-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: panbii
    • Palladius: паньби (panʹbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paan¹ bei²
    • Yale: pāan béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paan¹ bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pan¹ béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːn⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵/

Verb

攀比

1. to unrealistically compare oneself with a much stronger counterpart; to compete (with each other socially); to try to keep up with the Joneses

   互相攀比  ―  hùxiāng pānbǐ  ―  to keep up with the Joneses

Synonyms

• (Eastern Min) 比並／比并 (bǐbìng)