Chinese

比如

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɻu³⁵/
to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 5

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Origin

Borrowed from Tibetan འབྲི་རུ ('bri ru).

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Lineage

  • characterChinese比 “to compare; to contrast; to have a contest”
    • soundChinese匕 “a kind of spoon in ancient China”
  • characterChinese如 “to be like; as; as if; as though”
    • soundChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • borrowedTibetanའབྲི་རུ

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