十倍

shíbèi
number

Meanings

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

Examples

Tā de gōngzī shì wǒ de shíbèi.
His salary is ten times mine.
Zhè ge xīn shǒujī de sùdù shì lǎo kuǎn de shíbèi.
This new phone is ten times faster than the old model.
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 AB十倍 = A is 10× B (not 11×). The pattern multiplies directly: N = N times.

Stroke Order

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