比例 bǐlì proportion
proportion; scale
How to remember 比例: 比 compare + 例 examples = proportion.
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How it is used
- Proportion/ratio/scale - 男女比例 (nánnǚ bǐlì) the male-female ratio, 按比例 (àn bǐlì) in proportion.
- Also 'scale' of a map/model: 比例尺 (bǐlìchǐ) the scale ratio.
- 比例 = the relative proportion; 比率 (bǐlǜ) is closer to 'rate,' and 百分比 is 'percentage.'
- 占比例 (zhàn bǐlì) = to make up a proportion of the whole.