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

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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    比畫／比画
    筆畫／笔画
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

to gesture; to gesticulate
to compete in a martial arts contest
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)

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