Word: 於 (yú) than

These are the example sentences using 於 in the sense than. Every sentence using 於 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Simplified: 于

Example sentences using 於 in this sense

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一個好鄰居勝於一個遙遠的朋友。

Yí gè hǎo línjū shèng yú yí gè yáoyuǎn de péngyou.

A good neighbour is better than a faraway friend.
亞洲的大小約四倍於歐洲。

Yàzhōu de dàxiǎo yuē sì bèi yú Ōuzhōu.

Asia is roughly four times the size of Europe.
健康勝於財富。

Jiànkāng shèng yú cáifù.

Health is above wealth.
她的孩子不少於10個。

Tā de háizi bùshǎo yú shí gè.

She has no less than ten children.
工資漲得太慢，滯後於物價。

Gōngzī zhǎng de tài màn, zhìhòu yú wùjià.

Wages are rising too slowly and lagging behind prices.
我們應該讀報紙，不落後於時代。

Wǒmen yīnggāi dú bàozhǐ, bú luòhòu yú shídài.

We should read the newspaper so as not to lag behind the times.
我喜歡夏天勝於冬天。

Wǒ xǐhuan xiàtiān shèng yú dōngtiān.

I like summer better than winter.
我喜歡舊車勝於新車。

Wǒ xǐhuan jiù chē shèng yú xīn chē.

I like the old car more than the new.
這兒有不少於500名的學生。

Zhèr yǒu bùshǎo yú wǔbǎi míng de xuésheng.

There are no less than five hundred students here.
預防勝於治療。

Yùfáng shèng yú zhìliáo.

Prevention is better than cure.