區別

See also: 区別 and 区别

Chinese

		area; region; district area; region; district; small; distinguish; surname	other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
trad. (區別)		區	別
simp. (区别)		区	别

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūbié

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹ bit⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu-pia̍t / khi-piat / khu-piat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūbié
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyubié
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-pieh²
    • Yale: chyū-byé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiubye
    • Palladius: цюйбе (cjujbe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi¹ bit⁶
    • Yale: kēui biht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹ bit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹ bid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ piːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu-pia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khu-pia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qu'piat
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³ piɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Longyan, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi-piat
    • Tâi-lô: khi-piat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qi'piad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Longyan): /kʰi³³⁴ piɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu-piat
    • Tâi-lô: khu-piat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qu'piad
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚³²/

Verb

區別

1. to distinguish; to differentiate

Synonyms

• 分 (literary, or in compounds)
• 分別／分别 (fēnbié)
• 分化 (fēnhuà)
• 分揀／分拣 (fēnjiǎn) (literary)
• 分辨 (fēnbiàn)
• 判別／判别 (pànbié)
• 別白／别白 (biébái) (literary)
• 劃分／划分 (huàfēn)
• 區／区 (literary, or in compounds)
• 區分／区分 (qūfēn)
• 區劃／区划 (qūhuà) (literary)
• 甄別／甄别 (zhēnbié)
• 科別／科别 (kēbié) (literary)
• 認／认 (rèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 識別／识别 (shíbié)
• 辨別／辨别 (biànbié)
• 辨明 (biànmíng)
• 辨析 (biànxī) (to differentiate and analyze)
• 辨白 (biànbái) (literary)
• 辨認／辨认 (biànrèn)
• 辨識／辨识 (biànshí)
• 鑒別／鉴别 (jiànbié)
• 鑒識／鉴识 (jiànshí)

 

Noun

區別

1. difference; distinction; differentiation

   有本質的區別／有本质的区别  ―  yǒu běnzhì de qūbié  ―  there are essential differences

   這兩個之間到底有什麼樣的區別？ [MSC, trad.]
   这两个之间到底有什么样的区别？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè liǎng ge zhījiān dàodǐ yǒu shénmeyàng de qūbié? [Pinyin]

   What is the difference between these two?

Synonyms

• 不同 (bùtóng)
• 不同之處／不同之处 (bùtóng zhī chù)
• 出入 (chūrù)
• 分別／分别 (fēnbié)
• 分界線／分界线 (fēnjièxiàn) (figurative)
• 差分 (chāfēn)
• 差別／差别 (chābié)
• 差異／差异 (chāyì)
• 差等 (cīděng) (literary)
• 差距 (chājù)
• 精差 (Hokkien)
• 落差 (luòchā) (typically between reality and one's expectations)
• 誤差／误差 (wùchā)

 

Derived terms

• 區別詞／区别词 (qūbiécí)
• 區別開來／区别开来 (qūbié kāilái)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (區別):

• → Japanese: 区別(くべつ) (kubetsu)
• → Korean: 구별(區別) (gubyeol)
• → Vietnamese: khu biệt (區別)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
區	別
く Hyōgaiji	べつ Grade: 4
on’yomi	kan’yōon

For pronunciation and definitions of 區別 – see the following entry.

【区別くべつ】 [noun] distinction, difference [noun] classification [verb] to distinguish, to tell one thing from another [verb] to classify

(This term, 區別, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
區	別

Noun

區別 • (gubyeol) (hangeul 구별)

1. Hanja form^? of 구별 (“difference; distinction; differentiation”).