grammar → 比
TSUMUGU · TBCL 2 (est.) · 語法
比 grammar point · tier 1
· bǐ
Comparison: A measured against B on some quality.

字源 FORM what the parts do

Two bodies (匕 匕) side by side; bǐ, one set against the other.

故事 STORY a scene to remember it by

Two people stand back to back; one head clears the other.
字源記憶法
框 · Frame
[A] 比 [B] [quality]
例 · Examples
1哥哥比我高。
My older brother is taller than me.
族 · Family
A不如BComparison: A comes up short against B; B is the better one, A the lesser.A像B一樣…Likeness: A resembles B, behaving or appearing in the same manner as B; the shared trait sits at the tail.A有B（這/那麼）…Measures A against B's degree of a quality: A reaches as much of X as B has, with 這麼/那麼 pointing at that degree.A比B…Comparison: ranks A above B on one quality; A holds more of it.A沒有B（這/那麼）…Negative comparison: A falls short of B on quality X; A is not as X as B. 這/那麼 names the degree B already holds.A跟B…相當Parity comparison: A and B come out about even on a measurable dimension, close enough to count as matched.跟…一樣…Equal comparison: A matches B, with no gap on the quality named at the tail.A離BStates how far apart two points are: A sits some distance from the reference point B.Vs得沒話說Hangs the frozen verdict 沒話說 behind a quality: it is so far past good that there is nothing left to say.多…啊how pretty, how big, how good it is.差一點（就）…An outcome came within a hair of happening; the gap left was one small point and it did not (or only barely) tip over.比…來得…Comparison that reports the result: A turns out to hold more of the quality than B; 來得 sits before the quality and frames it as the verdict that comes out.比不上比 (match) cannot reach 上 (level with).跟/和…比起來Sets a reference point as the backdrop, then makes a claim about something measured against it.（A）與B相比Sets B alongside A as the fixed reference, then states how A stands once the two are weighed; formal/written register.