比较

比較

bǐjiào

adverb HSK 3 #914

Meanings

HSK 1

今天比较冷。

Jīntiān bǐjiào lěng.

It's relatively cold today.

HSK 1

我们比较一下这两个。

Wǒmen bǐjiào yíxià zhè liǎng gè.

Let's compare these two.

HSK 1

这个比较贵。

Zhège bǐjiào guì.

This one is rather expensive.

grammar

As an adverb meaning 'relatively/quite', 比较 softens a statement: 比较好 means 'pretty good' (not as strong as 很好).

mistakes

Don't confuse 比较 (relatively; to compare) with 比 (than, used in direct comparisons). 他比我高 (taller than me) vs 他比较高 (relatively tall).

比 bǐ

较 jiào