櫛比

Chinese

		comb out; weed out, eliminate	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
trad. (櫛比)		櫛	比
simp. (栉比)		栉	比

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-pi³
    • Yale: jr̀-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhbii
    • Palladius: чжиби (čžibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ bei²
    • Yale: jit béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ pei̯³⁵/

Verb

櫛比

1. (literary) to place closely side by side (like the teeth of a comb)

Derived terms

• 櫛比鱗次／栉比鳞次 (zhìbǐlíncì)
• 鱗次櫛比／鳞次栉比 (líncìzhìbǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (櫛比):

• → Japanese: 櫛比(しっぴ) (shippi)
• → Korean: 즐비(櫛比) (jeulbi)