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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qūbié
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄅㄧㄝˊ
  - 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

to distinguish; to differentiate

Synonyms

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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

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

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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 Hyōgai	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)

hanja form^? of 구별 (“difference; distinction; differentiation”)

區別

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