十倍

shíbèi
number

Meanings

  1. 1 tenfold
  2. 2 ten times (as much)

Examples

HSK 4
Tā de gōngzī shì wǒ de shíbèi.
His salary is ten times mine.
HSK 6
Zhège xīn shǒujī de sùdù shì lǎo kuǎn de shíbèi.
This new phone is ten times faster than the old model.
HSK 6
Nǔlì shíbèi, cái kěnéng yǒu yíbèi de huíbào.
You may need to work ten times as hard to get even double the return.

Tips

mistakes
A common learner trap: 一倍 means 'twice', not 'once'. So A是B的十倍 = A is 10x B (not 11x). The 倍 pattern multiplies directly: N倍 = N times.

Stroke Order

十 shí
倍 bèi