比肩

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	shoulder
trad. (比肩)		比	肩
simp. ^#(比肩)		比	肩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐjiān, bìjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢ, ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² gin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pí-kian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐjian
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-chien¹
  - Yale: bǐ-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biijian
  - Palladius: бицзянь (biczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    比肩
    筆尖 / 笔尖
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìjian
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chien¹
  - Yale: bì-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjian
  - Palladius: бицзянь (biczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei² gin¹
  - Yale: béi gīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei² gin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi² gin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ kiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-kian
  - Tâi-lô: pí-kian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: py'kiefn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɛn³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

比肩

to have shoulders side by side; (to stand, sit, fight, etc.) shoulder to shoulder
(figurative) to take rank (with); to be comparable (with); to match

Derived terms

接踵比肩 (jiēzhǒngbǐjiān)
比肩人
比肩皆是
比肩繼踵 / 比肩继踵 (bǐjiānjìzhǒng)
比肩而事
比肩而立 (bǐjiān'érlì)
比肩隨踵 / 比肩随踵 (bǐjiānsuízhǒng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
比	肩
ひ Grade: 5	けん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひけん [hìkéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

比(ひ)肩(けん) • (hiken)

equal footing, equal rank
Synonym: 同等

Verb

比(ひ)肩(けん)する • (hiken suru) suru (stem 比(ひ)肩(けん)し (hiken shi), past 比(ひ)肩(けん)した (hiken shita))

to take rank (with); to be comparable (with); to match
Synonym: 匹敵する

Conjugation

Conjugation of "比肩する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	比肩し	ひけんし	hiken shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	比肩し	ひけんし	hiken shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	比肩する	ひけんする	hiken suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	比肩する	ひけんする	hiken suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	比肩すれ	ひけんすれ	hiken sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	比肩せよ¹ 比肩しろ²	ひけんせよ¹ ひけんしろ²	hiken seyo¹ hiken shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	比肩される	ひけんされる	hiken sareru
Causative	比肩させる比肩さす	ひけんさせるひけんさす	hiken saseru hiken sasu
Potential	比肩できる	ひけんできる	hiken dekiru
Volitional	比肩しよう	ひけんしよう	hiken shiyō
Negative	比肩しない	ひけんしない	hiken shinai
Negative continuative	比肩せず	ひけんせず	hiken sezu
Formal	比肩します	ひけんします	hiken shimasu
Perfective	比肩した	ひけんした	hiken shita
Conjunctive	比肩して	ひけんして	hiken shite
Hypothetical conditional	比肩すれば	ひけんすれば	hiken sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“比肩”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026