倍

ばい

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective double; twice (as much)
2. Counter times (as much); -fold
3. 1-nth; 1 to n; 1 in n (e.g. 40倍 = 1 in 40)

Kanji

• 倍 double. Read as バイ.

Example sentences

• 君の収入は僕の収入の約２倍だ。
  Your income is about twice as large as mine.
• 君の収入は私の収入の２倍だ。
  Your income is about twice as large as mine is.
• 君の収入は私の３倍だ。
  Your income is three times larger than mine.
• 君の市の人口は私の町の人口の約５倍だ。
  The population of your city is about five times as large as that of my town.
• 喫煙者の病欠日数は非喫煙者の２倍です。
  Smokers take twice as many days off sick as non-smokers.

Common phrases

• 倍にする (ばいにする) to double
• 倍になる
• 倍に当たる
• 倍に増える
• 倍に増やす
• 倍にして返す (ばいにしてかえす) to repay double the original amount

Words containing 倍

• 倍率 (ばいりつ) magnification
• 倍増 (ばいぞう) doubling
• 倍速 (ばいそく) double speed (data transfer, video playback, etc.)

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