比肩
Chinese
side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio |
shoulder | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (比肩) | 比 | 肩 | |
| simp. #(比肩) | 比 | 肩 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
- Hanyu Pinyin: bǐjiān
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǐjian
- Wade–Giles: pi3-chien1
- Yale: bǐ-jyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biijian
- Palladius: бицзянь (biczjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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筆尖 / 笔尖
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bìjiān
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bìjian
- Wade–Giles: pi4-chien1
- Yale: bì-jyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjian
- Palladius: бицзянь (biczjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bei2 gin1
- Yale: béi gīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei2 gin1
- Guangdong Romanization: béi2 gin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pei̯³⁵ kiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-kian
- Tâi-lô: pí-kian
- Phofsit Daibuun: py'kiefn
- IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɛn³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
比肩
- to have shoulders side by side; (to stand, sit, fight, etc.) shoulder to shoulder
- (figurative) to take rank (with); to be comparable (with); to match
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 比 | 肩 |
| ひ Grade: 5 |
けん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
比肩 • (hiken)
- equal footing, equal rank
- Synonym: 同等
Verb
比肩する • (hiken suru) suru (stem 比肩し (hiken shi), past 比肩した (hiken shita))
- to take rank (with); to be comparable (with); to match
- Synonym: 匹敵する
Conjugation
Conjugation of "比肩する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 比肩し | ひけんし | hiken shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 比肩し | ひけんし | hiken shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 比肩する | ひけんする | hiken suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 比肩する | ひけんする | hiken suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 比肩すれ | ひけんすれ | hiken sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 比肩せよ¹ 比肩しろ² |
ひけんせよ¹ ひけんしろ² |
hiken seyo¹ hiken shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 比肩される | ひけんされる | hiken sareru | |
| Causative | 比肩させる 比肩さす |
ひけんさせる ひけんさす |
hiken saseru hiken sasu | |
| Potential | 比肩できる | ひけんできる | hiken dekiru | |
| Volitional | 比肩しよう | ひけんしよう | hiken shiyō | |
| Negative | 比肩しない | ひけんしない | hiken shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 比肩せず | ひけんせず | hiken sezu | |
| Formal | 比肩します | ひけんします | hiken shimasu | |
| Perfective | 比肩した | ひけんした | hiken shita | |
| Conjunctive | 比肩して | ひけんして | hiken shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 比肩すれば | ひけんすれば | hiken sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||