倍
(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,628 U+500D
How 倍 is formed
components: 亻 咅
How to remember it
times · Heisig RSH #2085
人 person + muzzle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 倍 as their sound component
These characters all use 倍 (bèi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倍 sound component | bèi | to double; to increase or multiply |
| 蓓 | bèi | flower bud |
Words containing 倍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放大倍数 | fàng dà bèi shù | magnifying power; magnification |
| 异源多倍体 | yì yuán duō bèi tǐ | allopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of different species) |
| 信心百倍 | xìn xīn bǎi bèi | brimming with confidence (idiom) |
| 精神百倍 | jīng shén bǎi bèi | lit. vitality a hundredfold (idiom); refreshed; one's vigor thoroughly restored |
| 五倍子树 | wǔ bèi zi shù | Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis) |
| 染色体倍性 | rǎn sè tǐ bèi xìng | ploidy (number of homologous chromosomes) |
| 公倍数 | gōng bèi shù | common multiple |
| 多倍体 | duō bèi tǐ | polyploid (multiple chromosomes) |
| 最小公倍数 | zuì xiǎo gōng bèi shù | least common multiple |
| 二倍体 | èr bèi tǐ | diploid (in cell biology) |
| 单倍体 | dān bèi tǐ | haploid (single chromosome) |
| 事倍功半 | shì bèi gōng bàn | (idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result |
| 事半功倍 | shì bàn gōng bèi | (idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort |
| 公倍式 | gōng bèi shì | common multiple expression |
| 八倍体 | bā bèi tǐ | octoploid |
| 双倍体 | shuāng bèi tǐ | diploid (doubled chromosomes) |
| 整数倍数 | zhěng shù bèi shù | integral multiple |
| 倍足类 | bèi zú lèi | Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and m… |
| 倍儿 | bèi r | (coll.) very; really |
| 安倍 | Ān bèi | Abe (Japanese surname) |