比如说

Character by character

• 比bǐ4 strokesHSK 1to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
• 如rú6 strokesHSK 2if, supposing; as if; like, as
• 说shuō9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 說speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 比如说. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 说shuōHSK 1

  to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine

• 如果rú guǒHSK 2

  if; in case; in the event that

• 比bǐHSK 1

  to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bì] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

• 比赛bǐ sàiHSK 3

  competition (sports etc); match; to compete

• 如何rú héHSK 3

  how; what way; what

• 如rúHSK 6

  as; as if; such as

• 如此rú cǐHSK 5

  like this; so; such

• 比较bǐ jiàoHSK 3

  to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 比如bǐ rúHSK 2

  for example; for instance; such as

• 听说tīng shuōHSK 2

  to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 说法shuō faHSK 5

  way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

• 再说zài shuōHSK 6

  to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides

• 如今rú jīnHSK 4

  nowadays; now

• 小说xiǎo shuōHSK 2

  novel; fiction

• 不如bù rúHSK 2

  not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to

• 相比xiāng bǐHSK 3

  to compare

• 传说chuán shuōHSK 3

  legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

• 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōHSK 7

  in other words; that is to say; so; thus

• 据说jù shuōHSK 3

  it is said that; reportedly

• 例如lì rúHSK 2

  for example; for instance; such as

• 假如jiǎ rúHSK 4

  if