比较

比較

bǐjiào

adverb HSK 3 #914

Meanings

Jīntiān bǐjiào lěng.

It's relatively cold today.

Wǒmen bǐjiào yīxià zhè liǎng gè.

Let's compare these two.

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