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倍

bèi · bei

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Meaning

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  1. (two, three etc) -fold
  2. times (multiplier)
  3. double
  4. to increase or multiply
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Giant watermelons

  1. Liangliang

    这家(zhèjiā)店(diàn)的(de)价格(jiàgé)是(shì)别的店(biédediàn)的(de)两倍(liǎngbèi)！

    This shop's prices are twice those of the other shops!

  2. Dengdeng

    才(cái)两倍(liǎngbèi)？隔壁(gébì)那家(nàjiā)是(shì)三倍(sānbèi)！

    Only twice? The shop next door is three times!

  3. Liangliang

    三倍(sānbèi)？谁(shéi)会(huì)买(mǎi)啊(a)？

    Three times? Who would buy that?

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)他们(tāmen)的(de)西瓜(xīguā)有(yǒu)别家(biéjiā)的(de)三倍(sānbèi)大(dà)！

    But their watermelons are three times as big as anyone else's!

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)买(mǎi)一个(yīgè)，回家(huíjiā)吃(chī)三天(sāntiān)。

    Then I will buy one and eat it for three days at home.

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2 examples
01

中(zhōng)国(guó)是(shì)日(rì)本(běn)的(de)20倍(bèi)大(dà)。

China is twenty times as large as Japan.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)店(diàn)的(de)生(shēng)意(yì)比(bǐ)去(qù)年(nián)好(hǎo)了(le)三(sān)倍(bèi)。

This shop's business is three times better than last year.

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