区别 qūbié Difference

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Traditional: 區別
Measure word: 个

Stroke order

区别 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

区别 — the Chinese character for Difference (qūbié), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 区别 — Difference

区 — 4 strokes
别 — 7 strokes

Senses

difference
to distinguish
to discriminate
to make a distinction

Characters in 区别

区 qū — area; region; district
别 bié — to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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

区别 is pronounced qūbié and means “Difference”.

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