一倍

yībèi

number

Meanings

1 once more
2 one time as much
3 double

Characters

Examples

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.

他的工资是我的一倍。

Tā de gōngzī shì wǒ de yībèi.

His salary is double mine.

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