一倍

yībèi

number

Meanings

1 once more
2 one time as much
3 double

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

他的工资是我的一倍。

Tā de gōngzī shì wǒ de yībèi.

His salary is double mine.

HSK 7-9

今年的销量比去年增加了一倍。

Jīnnián de xiāoliàng bǐ qùnián zēngjiā le yībèi.

This year's sales doubled compared to last year.

Tips

mistakes

增加一倍 = doubled (×2), but 是...的一倍 technically means 'is one time as much as', so in Chinese A是B的一倍 = A equals B (same amount) in strict usage, though many speakers use it loosely to mean 'twice as much'. Safer: use 两倍 (liǎngbèi) for 'twice' when comparing.

Stroke Order

一 yī

倍 bèi