(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply

= + : Beelzebub (b) made seven times (倍) three poo-poos (咅) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) and challenges Rosa Luxemburg (亻) to tell him how many poo-poos there are. Rosa should take great care: every time she gives the wrong answer Beelzebub doubles (倍) the number of the poo-poos.

倍 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
pooh / pah / bah / (today used as a phonetic component in 部[bu4], 倍[bei4], 培[pei2], 剖[pou1] etc)

= + : Pinocchio (p) ate too many mandarins (口), so he has to make a big poo-poo (咅) into a vase (立) in the outhouse (ou3). It is very stinky, so all other visitors exclaim "bah!" (咅) as they pass the vase.

Characters with 倍 as component

(flower) bud

Words with 倍

half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine
very / much (Beijing dialect)
(coll.) very; really
brimming with confidence (idiom)
Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
diploid (in cell biology)
twice the effort for half the result
(dialect) awesome / excellent
beta (loanword)

Sentences with 倍

倍 currently does not appear in any sentence.