On Comparison

The usual way of forming the Comparative Degree of Adjectives has

already been stated.

When two things are compared with one another in Chinese the words

\{°pi}/ (比) or \{°pi-ts }/ (比之) are used between them. Thus

\{°Mo °pi-ts °keu doo°}/ (馬此之狗大) means, “the horse is larger than

the dog.” \{Yi °pi noong° °hau}/ (伊此濃好), “He is better than you.”

There are a good many other ways of expressing comparison. Thus

\{’Veh jih}/ (勿及) means, “not equal to.” Also we have \{’Veh zu}/

(勿如), meaning, “not equal to, or not up to.”

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