倍
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Translingual
Han character
倍 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人卜廿口 (OYTR), four-corner 20261, composition ⿰亻咅)
Derived characters
- 𭉩, 𡏧, 𣻃, 𬯑, 𦟋, 𫏚, 𪬽, 𬱎, 𫑒, 𠍭, 𡻓, 蓓, 𫂕
References
- KangXi: page 107, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 760
- Dae Jaweon: page 228, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 183, character 4
- Unihan data for U+500D
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (咅) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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蓓 | *bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ |
倍 | *bɯːʔ |
菩 | *bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ |
掊 | *bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ |
剖 | *pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ |
婄 | *pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː |
踣 | *pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ |
箁 | *bɯ |
咅 | *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs |
部 | *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ |
培 | *boːʔ, *bɯː |
犃 | *boːʔ |
瓿 | *boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo |
殕 | *pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ |
醅 | *pʰɯ, *pʰɯː |
棓 | *bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː |
涪 | *bɯ |
賠 | *bɯː |
陪 | *bɯː |
毰 | *bɯː |
焙 | *bɯːs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bɯːʔ) : semantic 人 + phonetic 咅 (OC *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
倍
- to double
- Classifier for the number of times a value is multiplied: times; -fold
- 一百倍 ― yībǎi bèi ― hundredfold; one hundred times
- exceptionally; especially
- (Mandarin, colloquial) very; extremely
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
Definitions
倍
- † Alternative form of 背 (bèi, “to give up; to betray; to violate; to have one's back towards”).
- 故君民者,子以愛之,則民親之;信以結之,則民不倍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Gù jūn mín zhě, zǐ yǐ ài zhī, zé mín qīn zhī; xìn yǐ jié zhī, zé mín bù bèi. [Pinyin]
- Hence, when the ruler of the people loves them as his sons, they feel to him as a parent; when he binds them to himself by his good faith, they do not turn away from him.
故君民者,子以爱之,则民亲之;信以结之,则民不倍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compounds
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Pronunciation 3
Definitions
倍
- † Original form of 陪 (péi).
- † Alternative form of 賠/赔 (péi).
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
倍
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: ばい (bai, Jōyō); べ (be)
- Kan-on: はい (hai)
- Kun: そむく (somuku, 倍く); ます (masu, 倍す)
Compounds
- 一倍
- 一粒万倍
- 五倍子
- 人一倍
- 倍加
- 倍増
- 倍大
- 倍数
- 倍旧
- 倍率
- 倍精度
- 倍音
- 倍額
- 勇気百倍
- 安倍川餅
- 数倍
- 逓倍
Noun
倍 • (bai)
- twice, double, two times
- 田中さんの家は私の家の倍の大きさだ。
- Tanaka-san no ie wa watashi no ie no bai no ōkisa da.
- Tanaka's house is twice the size of mine.
- 倍にする
- bai ni suru
- to double
- 田中さんの家は私の家の倍の大きさだ。
Antonyms
- 半 (han, “half”)
Counter
倍 • (-bai)
- times, -fold
- この飛行機はあの飛行機よりも3倍速い。
- Kono hikōki wa ano hikōki yori mo san-bai hayai.
- This plane is a whole three times faster than that plane.
- 4の5倍
- yon no go-bai
- 4 times 5
- この飛行機はあの飛行機よりも3倍速い。
- (typography) a multiple of 全角 (zenkaku, “fullwidth/-height”) or 1 em in Western typography
- Antonym: 分 (bu)
- 2倍
- nibai
- 2 ems
- (typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 88 mils, 88⁄1000 in, 8 U and 1⁄16 段 (dan)
See also
- 倍角 (baikaku)
Korean
Hanja
倍 (eumhun 곱 배 (gop bae))
- Hanja form? of 배 (“twice; double”).
Compounds
- 배율 (倍率, baeyul, “magnification”)
Tày
Han character
倍 (transliteration needed)
- Nôm form of viòi.
References
- Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese
Han character
倍: Hán Nôm readings: bội, bạu, bậu, bụa, buạ, vội
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