比畫

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	draw; picture; painting
trad. (比畫)		比	畫
simp. (比画)		比	画
alternative forms		比劃／比划

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐhua, bǐhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ, ㄅㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² waak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pí-ōa / pí-ōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐhua
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐhuå
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-hua⁵
    • Yale: bǐ-hwa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii.hua
    • Palladius: бихуа (bixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴ xu̯ä⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐhuà
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-hua⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biihuah
    • Palladius: бихуа (bixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² waak⁶
    • Yale: béi waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ waːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-ōa
    • Tâi-lô: pí-uā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyoa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ua²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: pí-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyoe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/

Verb

比畫

1. to gesture; to gesticulate
2. to compete in a martial arts contest
3. to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher

Usage notes

The Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian regards 比劃／比划 as the standard form.

Synonyms

• (to gesture): 比試／比试 (bǐshì)
• (to complete in a martial arts contest): 比武 (bǐwǔ)

Related terms

• 練武／练武 (liànwǔ)