ひ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. ratio; proportion
Mix water and sugar in a ratio of two to one.
Noun
2. match; equal; equivalent; comparison
It's nothing compared to a moment ago.
Suffix
3. compared with ...; relative to ...
Relative to its population, this town has a lot of doctors.
Noun
Abbreviation
4. Philippines
The Philippine government announced a new policy.
5. explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
ひ
Used in vocabulary (81 in total)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
brownish red (traditional Japanese color name)
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
golden ratio
analogy; comparison
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
ratio; proportion; percentage
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
parallel; equal; match
sex ratio; gender ratio
wings abreast (e.g. birds in flight); single garment made to look double
compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; as I see it; by my estimate
the Philippines
Japan and the Philippines; Japanese-Filipino
year on year; on the previous year
unparalleled; incomparable; matchless; unrivaled; peerless; unique
explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry); (arch.) interesting; (arch.) strange; (arch.) unreasonable; (arch.) unfavorable; (arch.) lowly
common ratio; geometric ratio
component distribution ratio (statistics); component ratio; proportion
specific heat
cross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens
compared to the same month the previous year (e.g. in statistics, sales, electricity usage)
aspect ratio
aspect ratio
all; one and all; each and every one
unique; unrivaled; unrivalled; without parallel
relative height
aspect ratio
silver ratio
inverse ratio
odds ratio
specific impulse; specific thrust
dielectric constant; relative permittivity; specific inductive capacity
month-to-month basis; month-over-month
gear ratio
gear ratio
trigonometric ratio
to obtain the ratio
homothetic ratio; similitude ratio; ratio of magnification; dilation factor; scale factor
compared to previous period; quarter-to-quarter basis; from the previous quarter
transmission ratio; gear ratio
parity
equal ratio
direct ratio
the Philippines and Japan
(expressed as) the ratios of whole numbers
law of multiple proportions
specific power (W/kg)
specific charge
proportional expression
rate per thousand
static pressure ratio
volume ratio
overconsolidation ratio
void ratio
sex ratio
cell loss ratio
extinction ratio
signal-to-noise ratio
signal-to-noise ratio
SNR; signal to noise ratio
aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number); relative aperture
resistivity; specific resistance
Poisson's ratio
likelihood ratio
comparison; Pramana; epistemology
demonstrative; ratiocinative; based on exact thinking
specific radioactivity
aspect ratio
a wise man keeps wide company; a fool joins a clique
specific volume
compound ratio; cross ratio; compound proportion
anharmonic ratio; cross ratio
cost-benefit ratio
cost-benefit ratio
color comparison
silver ratio (esp. in traditional Japanese architecture)
bi (hexagram 8 of the I Ching: holding together)
Examples (10 in total)
It's nothing compared to a moment ago.
The Philippine president visited Japan.
The ratio of men to women is three to two.