Use “比” to compare two quantities or situations. It connects what is being compared with the reference and describes whether it is higher, lower, narrower, wider, etc.
"降幅比上月收窄0.5个百分点。"
"工业生产者购进价格同比下降0.7%，降幅比上月收窄0.7个百分点。"
(同比/环比) + verb— Period comparison (同比/环比)HSK 5
“同比” compares with the same period last year and “环比” compares with the previous period. They are often used in statistics to describe changes over time.
"全国工业生产者出厂价格同比下降0.9%。"
"2月份，全国居民消费价格环比上涨1.0%。"
其中 + (details)— Detailing with 其中HSK 4
“其中” introduces specific parts or examples of the preceding statement. It is commonly used to break down overall data into components.
"其中，城市上涨1.4%，农村上涨0.9%。"
"其中，食品价格上涨1.9%，非食品价格上涨0.8%。"
由 + agent + 提供— Passive with 由HSK 4
“由” introduces the agent in a passive construction, indicating who carries out or provides an action.
"本站由阿里云提供计算与安全服务。"
(Verb phrase) + 后 + (Verb)— Sequence “后”HSK 3
“后” connects two verbs to show that the second action happens after the first one.
"打开网页后点击屏幕右上角分享按钮。"
Key Vocabulary
上涨shàng zhǎngHSK5
to go up
小时xiǎo shíHSK1
hour
氪kè
价格上涨jià gé shàng zhǎng
的deHSK1
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
前qiánHSK1
front
月yuèHSK1
month
月份yuè fènHSK4
month
生产者shēng chǎn zhě
工业gōng yèHSK5
industry
同比tóng bǐHSK7
(statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year; year over year
食品shí pǐnHSK4
foodstuff; food; provisions
居民消费jū mín xiāo fèi
价格jià géHSK4
price
环比huán bǐHSK7
(statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)