No more… than… (不比)

Structure A + 不比 + B + adjective

不比 (bùbǐ) is the negation of 比, but it doesn’t mean "less than": it means "no more… (rather, the same or even less)". It usually pushes back on a mistaken assumption. 我的中文不比他差 = "my Chinese is no worse than his" (i.e., it’s on par). Careful: to say "A is inferior to B" use A 不如 B, not 不比.

Examples

我wǒ的de中zhōng文wén不bù比bǐ他tā差chà。
My Chinese is no worse than his.
今jīn天tiān不bù比bǐ昨zuó天tiān热rè。
Today is no hotter than yesterday.
这zhè家jiā店diàn的de菜cài不bù比bǐ那nà家jiā好hǎo。
The food here is no better than at that place.

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