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比 … 更 / 还 (even more than)
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Already tall, and even taller
- Your friend is already tall, but her younger sister, only fourteen, is taller still.
- she / her她degree / adjective linker很high高，she / her她younger sister妹妹than比she / her她even还high高。 — "She's tall, and her younger sister is even taller."
A than比 B + even more更 / even还 + Adjective
- even more更 or even还 before the adjective = "even more": B is already Adj, and A goes beyond it.
- than比 comes first, then even more更 or even还, then the bare adjective: than比he / him他even more更busy忙, than比yesterday昨天even还cold冷.
today今天than比yesterday昨天even more更cold冷。
Complete: “This one is even cheaper than that one.” 这个比那个____便宜。
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比 B + 更 / 还 + Adj.
even还 adds surprise
- even more更 is neutral and common in writing: this这个method方法even more更good好。
- even还 sounds more surprised or emphatic in speech: this这个dish菜than比that one那个even还spicy辣！ — "This dish is even spicier than that one!"
this这个dish菜than比that one那个even还spicy辣！
她妹妹比她还高 implies that she is already quite tall.
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还 / 更 = even more, so the person compared with is already tall.
degree / adjective linker很 does not belong in than比 sentences
- Use even more更 or even还 for "even more", never degree / adjective linker很 or very非常: than比he / him他even more更high高, not than比he / him他degree / adjective linker很high高.
- even more更 / even还 go after the than比 phrase, before the adjective: than比I我even more更busy忙, not even more更than比I我busy忙.
Which sentence is correct?
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更 follows the 比 phrase; 很 and 非常 do not go in a 比 sentence.
even more更 without than比
- even more更 also works alone when the comparison is clear: I我like喜欢tea茶，but但I我even more更like喜欢coffee咖啡。 — "I like tea, but I like coffee even more."
- even还 in this sense needs the than比 comparison.
I我even more更like喜欢coffee咖啡。
Build: “I like tea, but I like coffee even more.”
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更 can work without 比 when the comparison is clear.
Recap
- A than比 B even more更 / even还 + Adj = A is even more Adj than B (B is already Adj).
- even还 sounds more emphatic; even more更 also works without than比. Never degree / adjective linker很 in a than比 sentence.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Comparison patterns.
Your friend is already tall, but her younger sister, only fourteen, is taller still. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.