截
然
不
同

Entirely different in Chinese: 截然不同 (jié rán bù tóng)

jié rán bù tóng

entirely different

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1entirely different
  2. 2different as black and white

Stroke order

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然
不
同

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ㄐㄧㄝˊ

jié

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄨㄥˊ

tóng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他们俩的性格截然不同。

    tā men liǎ de xìng gé jié rán bù tóng。

    The two of them have completely different personalities.

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Related words

不

bù

no

同

tóng

like

截

jié

to cut off (a length)

同学

tóng xué

to study at the same school

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

同事

tóng shì

colleague

同意

tóng yì

to agree

突然

tū rán

sudden

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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