可比性

kěbǐxìng

noun #35,048

Meanings

1 comparability
2 the quality of being comparable

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

为了保证可比性，我们使用了相同的标准。

Wèile bǎozhèng kěbǐxìng, wǒmen shǐyòng le xiāngtóng de biāozhǔn.

To ensure comparability we used the same standards.

HSK 5

这两个数据没有可比性。

Zhè liǎng gè shùjù méiyǒu kěbǐxìng.

These two sets of data are not comparable.

Tips

grammar

Built from 可 (kě, can) + 比 (bǐ, compare) + 性 (xìng, -ness/quality), forming an abstract noun by the productive kě-X-xìng pattern (可 + verb + 性): 可行性 (feasibility), 可靠性 (reliability), 可读性 (readability). Common in academic and business writing.

Stroke Order

可 kě

比 bǐ

性 xìng