不同

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	同
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Etymology

From 不 (フ, fu) meaning "not" + 同 (ドウ, dō), from 同じ (おなじ, onaji) meaning "same".

Noun

不同 (hiragana ふどう, romaji fudō)

1. difference, irregularity, inequality
2. diversity

Derived terms

• 順序不同 (じゅんじょふどう, junjo-fudō) - not sorted
• 順不同 (じゅんふどう, junfudō) - not sorted

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
不同

Pronunciation

Mandarin (Standard Chinese, Beijing) Pinyin bùtóng Zhuyin ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ IPA (key) /pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/ Audio (file)

Adjective

不同 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bùtóng)

1. not alike; different; distinct; diverse; dissimilar

Noun

不同 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bùtóng)

1. disparity

Synonyms

• chābié 差別 (trad.), 差别 (simp.)
• chā'é 差額 (trad.), 差额 (simp.)
• chāfēn 差分 (simp.)
• chāyì 差異 (trad.), 差异 (simp.)
• fēnbié 分別 (trad.), 分别 (simp.)
• fēnqí 分歧 (simp.)
• qūbié 區別 (trad.), 区别 (simp.)

Verb

不同 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bùtóng)

1. to differ; to disagree

Related terms

• trad. 不一樣, simpl. 不一样

See also

• (Min Nan) trad. 無仝, simpl. 无仝 (bô-kâng)