このパンよりそのパンの方（ほう）が美味（おい）しいです。

バスケットボールよりサッカーの方（ほう）が好（す）き。

ユキよりリュウトの方（ほう）が賢（かしこ）い。

月曜日（げつようび）より、日曜日（にちようび）の方（ほう）が好（す）き。

あそこの 公園（こうえん）より、家（いえ）に近（ちか）い公園（こうえん）の方（ほう）が広（ひろ）い。

バスより、電車（でんしゃ）の方（ほう）が速（はや）い。

茶色（ちゃいろ）より、黄色（きいろ）の方（ほう）が明（あか）るい。

漢字（かんじ）より、文法（ぶんぽう）の方（ほう）を勉強（べんきょう）したい。

魚（さかな）より牛肉（ぎゅうにく）の方（ほう）が食（た）べたい。

テレビを見（み）るより、ゲームをする方（ほう）が楽（たの）しい。

スポーツをするより、本（ほん）を読（よ）む方（ほう）が好（す）きでしょう。

ひらがなより、漢字（かんじ）の方（ほう）が多（おお）い。

<div class='writeup-body'>より～のほうが can be thought of as similar to the grammar points たほうがいい, and ないほうがいい, in that it expresses that one thing is the 'better (A)', or 'more (A)'. However, unlike ほうがいい based expressions, any pair of adjectives, verbs, or nouns may be compared in this construction, so long as のほうが is followed by an adjective. より translates roughly to 'than', or 'rather than' in this phrase.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>田舎（いなか）に住（す）むより、都会（とかい）の方（ほう）がいい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I like living in the city more than the countryside.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼女（かのじょ）より、私（わたし）の方（ほう）が背（せ）が高（たか）い。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I am taller than my girlfriend.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>映画（えいが）は怖（こわ）いより、面白（おもしろ）い方（ほう）が好（す）き。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I like funny movies more than scary movies.</div></li></ul>From the examples listed here, we can see that より will always appear after the word that has the lower extent of (A), when used together with のほうが.<div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>When より is used by itself, or when it is not linked directly to the previous word, it can seem like it has the opposite meaning. However, in these cases, のほうが just remains unsaid.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>これがより高（たか）い。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>This is more expensive. (Compared to other things in general)</div></li></ul>In this example, because the より is after が, not before これ, it is easy to assume that これ is the thing that is lower. However, this が behaves in the same way as のほうが, meaning that これ itself is the more expensive thing, with より just being used like 'relatively' (compared to many other things).</div><div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>Although の方（ほう）が is the most common construction, the particle を may sometimes replace が. This is especially true when used with markers of desire such as たい and ほしい. The primary difference between these two is that が emphasizes what a person wants or wants to do (the whole statement), while を emphasizes the item or action itself (regardless of the rest of the statement). With たい, both を and が will sound completely natural. However, with ほしい, が will be more natural, while を is accepted.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>給料（きゅうりょう）がいい仕事（しごと）より、楽（たの）しい仕事（しごと）の方（ほう）をしたい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I want to do a job that is fun, more than a job that pays better. (Natural Japanese)</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>この小（ちい）さいテレビより、その大（おお）きいテレビの方（ほう）を欲（ほ）しい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I want that big TV rather than this small TV. (Natural Japanese, but が is more common)</div></li></ul>This use of ほしい only applies to wanting items, as opposed to たい, which indicates the desire to 'do' something.</div></div>

Grammar Info

より～の方(ほう)が

To be more ~ than ~