Grammar: 比较 (bi3jiao4) comparison
1. Indicate similarity or sameness
A像(xiang4)B 。 A不像 B。
A is (looks) like B.
A is (looks) like B.
他像xiang4他爸爸， 不像他妈妈。
他走路的样子像他爸爸，说话的样子像他妈妈。
你长得很像你妈妈。
A跟(gen1)B一样 (Adj.)。 A跟B不一样 (yang4)(Adj.)。
A is(looks) the same as B
A is(looks) the same as B
你长得跟gen1你妈妈一样(漂亮piao4liang)。
这本书跟那本书一样。 你怎么跟你哥哥不一样呢？
2. Compare certain qualities of A and B:
A比B + adj。 A不比B +adj。
俄罗斯e2luo2si1比中国大。 上海不比纽niu3约yue1小。
A有B +adj。 A没有B +adj。
这儿有加拿大漂亮吗？ 美国没有中国人多。
3. 比较(bi3jiao4)relatively, 最(zui4)superlative, and 更(geng4)emphatic
Degree:
Degree:
比较+V./Adj.
这三个地方我比较喜欢第一个，因为那儿比较安静(an1jing4).
Among all of the three places, I like the first one better, because it
is quieter.
Among all of the three places, I like the first one better, because it
is quieter.
最 +V./adj.
like ...best
like ...best
你最喜欢什么菜？
What dish do you like the best?
What dish do you like the best?
你最想去什么地方？
What place do you want to go the most?
What place do you want to go the most?
我觉得(jue2de)这个主意最好。
I think this idea is the best.
I think this idea is the best.
更 +V./Adj.
like...better
like...better
我很喜欢田纳西，但是我更喜欢肯塔基ken3ta1ji1。
I like Tennessee, but I like Kentucky better.
I like Tennessee, but I like Kentucky better.
4． Gradual change 一天比一天，一次比一次，一年比一年，
一个 比一个
房价(jia4)一年比一年高。
The housing price is getting higher every year.
The housing price is getting higher every year.
我是一天比一天老了。
I am getting old day by day.
I am getting old day by day.
5． A比 B+ …多了/得多。
A比B +…一些/一点儿
今天比昨天冷多了/得多。
Today is much colder than yesterday.
Today is much colder than yesterday.
这条tiao2裙qun2子比那条贵gui4一些/一点儿。
This dress is a little more expensive than that one.
This dress is a little more expensive than that one.
6. 跟….相xiang1比，更/比较…..
Compare with, ...better
Compare with, ...better
跟哈ha1佛fo2大学相比，我更/比较喜欢普pu3林斯si1顿
dun4大学。
Compared with Harvard, I like Princeton University
better.
7. ...., A ..比 B 更/还（要）...
他很高，可是他哥哥比他还（要）高。
He is quite tall, his brother is even taller than
him.
昨天很热，今天比昨天更（要）热。
It was very hot yesterday, but today is even
hotter than yesterday.
8.越(yue4)来越 ... progressive change
他越来越胖(pang4)了。
He is getting heavier and heavier.
我越来越喜欢这个地方了。
I like this place more and more.
她长得越来越像（xiang4)她的姐姐了。
She looks like her sister more and more.
新的学期（qi1)开始(kai1shi3)了，我们越来越忙了，可是我
们越忙越需要(xu1yao4)锻炼(duan4lian4)。
New semester just started, we are getting busier and
busier. But the busier we are, the more we need to
exercise.
越...越... the more...,the more...
你站（zhan4)得越高，就看得越远(yuan3)。
The higher you stand, the farther you will be able
to see.
老师越说我越糊涂（hu2tu2)。
The more the teacher explains, the more confused I get.
9. 不如(ru2) not as ...as..
我的书法(shu3fa3)不如她的好（=我的书法没有她的好）。
My handwriting is not as good as hers.
这本书不如那本书有趣(qu4)。(=这本书没有那本书好。）
This book is not as interesting as that one.
Compared with Harvard, I like Princeton University
better.
7. ...., A ..比 B 更/还（要）...
他很高，可是他哥哥比他还（要）高。
He is quite tall, his brother is even taller than
him.
昨天很热，今天比昨天更（要）热。
It was very hot yesterday, but today is even
hotter than yesterday.
8.越(yue4)来越 ... progressive change
他越来越胖(pang4)了。
He is getting heavier and heavier.
我越来越喜欢这个地方了。
I like this place more and more.
她长得越来越像（xiang4)她的姐姐了。
She looks like her sister more and more.
新的学期（qi1)开始(kai1shi3)了，我们越来越忙了，可是我
们越忙越需要(xu1yao4)锻炼(duan4lian4)。
New semester just started, we are getting busier and
busier. But the busier we are, the more we need to
exercise.
越...越... the more...,the more...
你站（zhan4)得越高，就看得越远(yuan3)。
The higher you stand, the farther you will be able
to see.
老师越说我越糊涂（hu2tu2)。
The more the teacher explains, the more confused I get.
9. 不如(ru2) not as ...as..
我的书法(shu3fa3)不如她的好（=我的书法没有她的好）。
My handwriting is not as good as hers.
这本书不如那本书有趣(qu4)。(=这本书没有那本书好。）
This book is not as interesting as that one.
