Dictionary › 鉴别

鉴别

jiàn bié

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

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

What 鉴别 means

1. to differentiate; to distinguish

The characters in 鉴别

• 鉴jiànbronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…

Sounds the same

Read jiàn bié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饯别to give a farewell dinner

Where 鉴别 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiàn (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn bié correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.