jiào
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(before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather

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MEANING5 meanings

MEANING

  1. adverb

    (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather

    用来说明程度,表示相对地、比较地yònglái shuōmíng chéngdù, biǎoshì xiāngduì de, bǐjiào de

    • Today the weather is quite nice.

  2. adverb

    compared to

    用来表示比较,程度相对更高或更明显yònglái biǎoshì bǐjiào、chéngdù xiāngduì gèng gāo huò gèng míngxiǎn

    • Today is rather cold.

  3. verb

    (bound form) to compare

    拿两个或多个东西放在一起比较náquǐ liǎngge huòduōge dōngxi fàngzàiyīqǐ bǐjiào

    • Let's have a contest.

  4. verb

    (literary) to dispute

    说出不同的意见;相互辩论shuōchū bù tóng de yìjiàn; xiānghù biànlùn

    • They argued over a trivial matter.

  5. adverb

    also pr. [jiao3]

    用来比较两个事物的差别或程度yònglái bǐjiào liǎng ge shìwù de chābié huò chéngdù

    • Today's weather is rather cold.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Two vehicles crossing paths must compare which one is better.

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