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分辨

fēn biàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

分辨 (fēn biàn) means "to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 分辨 means

1. to distinguish; to differentiate
2. to resolve

The characters in 分辨

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 辨biànto distinguish; to recognize

Example sentences

• 他无法分辨好坏。
  Tā wúfǎ fēnbiàn hǎohuài.
  He can't distinguish between good and evil.
• 他不会分辨左右。
  He can't distinguish between left and right.
• 你能分辨银和锡吗?
  Nǐ néng fēnbiàn yín hé xī ma?
  Can you distinguish silver from tin?
• 你知道分辨好坏吗？
  Do you know the difference between good and bad?
• 我们不能分辨那对双胞胎。
  We could not tell the twins one from the other.
• 是非对错，有时很难分辨。
  It is sometimes hard to tell right from wrong.

Words starting with 分辨

• 分辨率fēn biàn lǜresolution (of images, monitors, scanners etc)

Words containing 分辨

• 高分辨率gāo fēn biàn lǜhigh resolution

Sounds the same

Read fēn biàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 分辩to explain the facts; to defend against an accusation

Where 分辨 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fàng–fēn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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