倍
Meaning
- (two, three etc) -fold
- times (multiplier)
- double
Example sentence
他大我一倍。
He is twice as old as I am.
The character 倍
倍 multiplies: 两倍 twice, 三倍 threefold, 增加一倍 to double. Chinese counts the result rather than the increase, which is where an English speaker slips — 是他的两倍 is twice his, not two more.