区
别

Difference in Chinese: 区别 (qū bié)

qū bié

difference

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 區別2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1difference
  2. 2to distinguish
  3. 3to discriminate
  4. 4to make a distinction

Stroke order

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区
别

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄩ

qū

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

ㄅㄧㄝˊ

bié

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

区别

Simplified

區別

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 有什么区别吗？

    yǒu shén me qū bié ma？

    Is there a difference?

  • 这没有任何区别。

    zhè méi yǒu rèn hé qū bié。

    That won't make any difference.

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Related words

别

bié

to leave

区

qū

area

别人

bié ren

other people

特别

tè bié

unusual

性别

xìng bié

gender

差别

chā bié

difference

地区

dì qū

local

分别

fēn bié

to part

告别

gào bié

to leave

个别

gè bié

individually

郊区

jiāo qū

suburban district

别的

bié de

else

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