比重

bǐzhòng

noun HSK 5 #37,903

Meanings

1 proportion; percentage; share
2 specific gravity (physics)

Characters

to compare; ratio

Comparative weight — the proportion one thing holds relative to another.

Examples

服务业在经济中的比重越来越大。

Fúwùyè zài jīngjì zhōng de bǐzhòng yuè lái yuè dà.

The service industry's share of the economy is growing.

教育占财政支出的比重很高。

Jiàoyù zhàn cáizhèng zhīchū de bǐzhòng hěn gāo.

Education accounts for a high proportion of fiscal spending.

水的比重是1。

Shuǐ de bǐzhòng shì yī.

The specific gravity of water is 1.

Tips

usage

In everyday Chinese, 比重 mostly means 'proportion/share' in economic or statistical contexts. The physics meaning (specific gravity) appears mainly in science.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ

重 zhòng