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bit6 bit3
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bit6 & bie2 [1] differentiate; distinguish [2] classification; category; group [3] take leave; separate from; part from [4] other; another; alternative [5] unique; unusual; special [6] miswritten; misspelled; mispronounced [7] don't; had better not; stop bit3 & bie4 [v] dissuade (from); win over Default PoS:  Additional PoS:   Stroke count: 7
Level: 3
Radical: 刀 (#18)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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性別
sing3 bit6 = gender
別人
bit6 jan4 = other people
特別
dak6 bit6 = special, especially
分別
fan1 bit6 = difference
識別
sik1 bit6 = to distinguish
不辭而別
bat1 ci4 ji4 bit6 = to leave without saying goodbye
別字
bit6 zi6 = mispronounced or wrongly written character
別扭
bit3 nau2 = disagreeable; inharmonious 國
別的
bit6 dik1 = other; else 國
別處
bit6 cyu3/syu3 = elsewhereSee all 84 compounds (CantoDict reports 88 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 7 examples containing 別
佢哋嘅分別只有半年。 粵
There's only half a year's difference between them. [Lit. Their difference only have half year]
你別這麼出爾反爾嘛﹗剛纔說要去﹐現在說不要了 — 你到底去不去啊﹖ 國
Stop changing your mind! A while ago, you said you wanted to go, but now you say you don't want to--are you really going or aren't you?
你覺得英國同香港有啲乜嘢分別 粵
What differences do you perceive between England and Hong Kong? [Lit. you feel England with Hong Kong have [plural counter] what differences?] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/646/]別[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/646/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">別</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 別
Unicode code for this character: U+5225 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/646/]別[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/646/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">別</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 別
Unicode code for this character: U+5225 (off-site link)
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- : the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
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- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
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