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: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu-pia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khu-pia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qu'piat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³ piɛt̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi-piat
    • Tâi-lô: khi-piat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qi'piad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚³²/
    • 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

(deprecated template usage)

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 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

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (區別):

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

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Noun

1. distinction, difference
2. classification

Verb

1. to distinguish, to tell one thing from another
2. to classify

Conjugation

Conjugation of "區別する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	區別し	くべつし	kubetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	區別し	くべつし	kubetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	區別する	くべつする	kubetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	區別する	くべつする	kubetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	區別すれ	くべつすれ	kubetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	區別せよ¹ 區別しろ²	くべつせよ¹ くべつしろ²	kubetsu seyo¹ kubetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	區別される	くべつされる	kubetsu sareru
Causative	區別させる 區別さす	くべつさせる くべつさす	kubetsu saseru kubetsu sasu
Potential	區別できる	くべつできる	kubetsu dekiru
Volitional	區別しよう	くべつしよう	kubetsu shiyō
Negative	區別しない	くべつしない	kubetsu shinai
Negative continuative	區別せず	くべつせず	kubetsu sezu
Formal	區別します	くべつします	kubetsu shimasu
Perfective	區別した	くべつした	kubetsu shita
Conjunctive	區別して	くべつして	kubetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	區別すれば	くべつすれば	kubetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
區	別

Noun

區別 • (gubyeol) (hangeul 구별)

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