区别 qūbié▶ Diferencia

Stroke order

区别 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 区 — 4 strokes
• 别 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. difference
2. to distinguish
3. to discriminate
4. to make a distinction

Example sentences

• 这两个词的区别很小。Zhè liǎng gè cí de qūbié hěn xiǎo.The difference between these two words is very small.
• 我看不出它们有什么区别。Wǒ kàn bu chū tāmen yǒu shénme qūbié.I cannot see what difference there is between them.

Related words

• 性别Género
• 郊区Suburbio
• 个别individual
• 分别parte
• 别人Otros
• 告别despedida

区别 is pronounced qūbié and means “Diferencia”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 区别 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.