ばい
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. double; twice (as much); twofold
Kanji used
double something
Pitch accent
ばい
Top 17900
Composed of
two; 2
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
Examples (33 in total)
My brother eats twice as much as I do.
This is twice as large as that.
Your book is double the size of mine.
This stone is twice as heavy as that one.
This box is twice as large as that one.
I paid double the sum.
The world population will soon be doubled.
She is rich, but he is twice as rich.
He paid double the usual fare.
Houses here are double the price of those in Kobe.
Sandra spent twice as much as I did.
I have read twice as many books as he has.
Your room is twice the size of mine.
He's almost twice my size.
That country is about twice as large as Japan.
This job will take twice as long as I expected.
The new hall is double the size of the old one.
This tunnel is twice as long as that one.
You are richer than I am because your pay is double my pay.
School children have colds twice as often as adults.
Texas is nearly twice as large as Japan.
They need to eat double that amount.
That yellow sweater costs twice as much as this blue one.
My friend Tom has twice as many stamps as I do.
Thanks to these discoveries, man's life span has become twice as long as before.
Thanks to the technological innovation, the maximum output of the factory has doubled.
That's why ostrich meat costs more than twice as much as beef and pork.
Prices are double what they were two years ago.
His weight is double what it was ten years ago.
His salary is double what it was seven years ago.
Now my income is twice what it was two years ago.
There were twice as many university applicants in 1992 as in 1982.
Statistics suggest that the population of this town will double in five years.