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, jiébì

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄅㄧˇ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ bei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiébì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiébì
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-pi⁴
  - Yale: jyé-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyebih
  - Palladius: цзеби (czebi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ pi⁵¹/
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

(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)