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分别

fēn bié

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 分別

分别 (fēn bié) means "to part; separately". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 分别 means

1. to part; to leave each other
2. to distinguish; to tell apart
3. difference; distinction
4. in different ways; differently
5. separately; individually; respectively

The characters in 分别

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…

Example sentences

• 马跟驴可分别。
  Mǎ gēn lǘ kě fēnbié.
  Horses are distinct from donkeys.
• 对我来说没甚么分别。
  It's the same to me.

Where 分别 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Vitality, Participation & Social Energy (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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