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倍
倍
10 strokes
Frequency: 714
JLPT N2
Grade 3

Meanings

double
twice
times
fold

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
バイ
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
ず
ます

Common Words

倍
ばい
Freq #2489
1

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

double; twice (as much)

Examples
彼は私の倍食べた。
He ate twice as much as I did.
2

Counter

times (as much); -fold

Examples
あの山はこの山の５倍の高さである。
That mountain is five times as high as this one.
3

Counter; E.g. 40倍 = 1 in 40

1-nth; 1 to n; 1 in n

何倍も
なんばいも
Adverb
～の Adj.
Freq #10019
1

manyfold

Examples
スージーは私の何倍もの速さでタイプが打てる。
Susie can type many times as fast as I can.
三倍
３倍
さんばい
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #11128
1

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

Examples
彼は私の三倍も稼ぐ。
He earns three times as much as I.
二倍
２倍
にばい
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #11421
1

double; twice (as much); twofold

Examples
社長は私の歳の２倍です。
My boss is twice as old as I am.
数倍
すうばい
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #12171
1

several times (as large, over)

Examples
彼は私の数倍多くの本を持っている。
He has several times as many books as I.
人一倍
ひといちばい
Adverb
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #13410
1

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

Examples
レギュラーになるなら、人一倍頑張らなくっちゃ。
If I'm to become a regular, I have to work twice as hard as the rest.
十倍
じゅうばい
Noun
Freq #16466
1

ten times; tenfold

倍増
ばいぞう
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #18412
1

doubling; double

Examples
今年の売り上げは倍増と見込んでいます。
Sales should double this year.
倍々
倍倍
ばいばい
Noun
Freq #18499
1

doubling (repeatedly); multiplying

１００倍
百倍
一〇〇倍
ひゃくばい
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #19918
1

hundredfold; hundred times as much

Examples
かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。
The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
2

much more (than previously)

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