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倍

Mandarin · pinyin bèi

(two, three etc) -fold
times (multiplier)
double
to increase or multiply

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倍: bèi · times, fold, multiple times

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4 · bei4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bui3 · pui5

Cantonese word readings for 倍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to double
Classifier for the number of times a value is multiplied: times; -fold
exceptionally; especially
(Mandarin, colloquial) very; extremely

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 背 (“to give up; to betray; to violate; to have one's back towards”)

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 陪 (péi)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 賠 /赔 (péi)

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