別 (bié)
don't/other/difference/to separate
How 別 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 別
- Simplified
- 别
Components
- 口 mouth
- 丿 bend
- ㇆ N/A
- 刂 knife
別 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- bié
- surname Bie
- biè
- to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
Common words using 別
- 別人 biéren
- other people; others; other person
- 特別 tèbié
- especially; special; particular
- 個別 gèbié
- individual; specific; respective
- 分別 fēnbié
- to part or leave each other; to distinguish; difference
- 別墅 biéshù
- villa; CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- 別的 biéde
- else; other
- 別緻 biézhì
- unusual; unique
- 別致 biézhì
- variant of 別緻|别致[bie2 zhi4]
- 別處 biéchù
- elsewhere
- 別離 biélí
- to take leave of; to leave; separation
- 區別 qūbié
- difference; to distinguish; to discriminate
- 告別 gàobié
- to leave; to bid farewell to; to say good-bye to
別 in a sentence
別擔心，一切都會好起來的。
Bié dānxīn, yíqiè dōu huì hǎo qǐlái de.
“Don't worry, everything will be fine.”
How common is 別?
別 is the 222nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 58% of all running text.
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