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比方说

bǐfangshuō

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

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REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 比方说 actually appears in real sentences.

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比方说, 如果你有一万美元, 你会做什麽?bǐ fāng shuō, rú guǒ nǐ yǒu yī wàn měi yuán, nǐ huì zuò shén mó?

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比方说,一个法国人也许很难对一个俄国的笑话大笑。bǐ fāng shuō, yí gè fǎ guó rén yě xǔ hěn nán duì yí gè é guó de xiào huà dà xiào。

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Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 比方说

What does 比方说 mean in Chinese?

比方说 (bǐfangshuō) means for example; for instance.

How do you pronounce 比方说?

比方说 is pronounced bǐfangshuō.

Is 比方说 an HSK word?

比方说 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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