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bié
HSK 2.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. to leave
  2. 2. to depart
  3. 3. to separate
  4. 4. to distinguish
  5. 5. to classify
  6. 6. other
  7. 7. another
  8. 8. do not
  9. 9. must not
  10. 10. to pin

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2531345)

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Words Containing 别

不加区别
bù jiā qū bié

indiscriminate

霄壤之别
xiāo rǎng zhī bié

huge difference

识别号
shí bié hào

identifier

乌兹别克族
wū zī bié kè zú

the Uzbek people (race)

光学字符识别
guāng xué zì fú shí bié

optical character recognition (OCR)

饯别
jiàn bié

to give a farewell dinner

别有韵味
bié yǒu yùn wèi

to have quite a lasting charm

握别
wò bié

to shake hands

性别歧视
xìng bié qí shì

sex discrimination

别客气
bié kè qi

don't mention it

吻别
wěn bié

to kiss goodbye

别墅
bié shù

villa

久别
jiǔ bié

a long period of separation

别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái

to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality

别太客气
bié tài kè qi

lit. no excessive politeness

耶洗别
yē xǐ bié

Jezebel, wife of Ahab and mother of Ahaziah, major character in 1 Kings 16:31, 19:1, 21 and 2 Kings 9, killed by Jehu 耶戶|耶户[yē hù]

霸王别姬
bà wáng bié jī

The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[méi lán fāng])

别看
bié kàn

don't be fooled by the fact that

判别式
pàn bié shì

(math.) discriminant (e.g. b²-4ac in the formula for the roots of a quadratic equation)

辞别
cí bié

to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)

别无他法
bié wú tā fǎ

there is no alternative

别树一帜
bié shù yī zhì

lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner

手写识别
shǒu xiě shí bié

handwriting recognition

死别
sǐ bié

to be parted by death

分门别类
fēn mén bié lèi

to organize by categories

移情别恋
yí qíng bié liàn

change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love

流别
liú bié

branch (of a river)

生离死别
shēng lí sǐ bié

separated in life and death

别子
bié zi

hasp

别字
bié zì

mispronounced or wrongly written character

久别重逢
jiǔ bié chóng féng

to meet again after a long period of separation

识别码
shí bié mǎ

identifier

别人
bié ren

other people; others; other person

乌孜别克族
wū zī bié kè zú

Uzbek ethnic group of Xinjiang

各别
gè bié

distinct; different

乌滋别克斯坦
wū zī bié kè sī tǎn

Uzbekistan

巴别塔
bā bié tǎ

Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.

告别式
gào bié shì

parting ceremony

列别杰夫
liè biè jié fū

Lebedev or Lebedyev (Russian name)

别论
bié lùn

a different matter

区别
qū bié

difference

特别客串
tè bié kè chuàn

special guest performer (in a show)

别名
bié míng

alias

图像识别
tú xiàng shí bié

image classification (computer vision)

没有差别
méi yǒu chā bié

there is no difference

别无他物
bié wú tā wù

nothing else

卓别林
zhuó bié lín

Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director

别来无恙
bié lái wú yàng

(literary) I trust you have been well since we last met

辨别
biàn bié

to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell

别有天地
bié yǒu tiān dì

enchanting scenery

评审团特别奖
píng shěn tuán tè bié jiǎng

Special Jury Prize, award at the Venice Film Festival

别号
bié hào

alias

跨性别
kuà xìng bié

transgender

挥别
huī bié

to wave goodbye

别克
bié kè

Buick

特别任务连
tè bié rèn wu lián

Special Duties Unit, Hong Kong special police

特别感谢
tè bié gǎn xiè

special thanks

别样
bié yàng

different kind of

个别
gè bié

individually; one by one

惜别
xī bié

reluctant to part

另当别论
lìng dāng bié lùn

to treat differently

伤别
shāng bié

sorrowful farewell

假别
jià bié

category of leave (maternity leave, sick leave etc)

别绪
bié xù

emotions at time of parting

别具一格
bié jù yī gé

having a unique or distinctive style

乌兹别克人
wū zī bié kè rén

Uzbek (person)

性别角色
xìng bié jué sè

gender role

请别见怪
qǐng bié jiàn guài

please don't be upset

性别认同障碍
xìng bié rèn tóng zhàng ài

gender identity disorder (GID)

特别待遇
tè bié dài yù

special treatment

鉴别
jiàn bié

to differentiate

乌孜别克
wū zī bié kè

Uzbek ethnic group of Xinjiang

别称
bié chēng

another name

别说
bié shuō

to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone

特别提款权
tè bié tí kuǎn quán

special drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF

离别
lí bié

to leave (on a long journey)

错别字
cuò bié zì

incorrectly written or mispronounced characters

吃别人嚼过的馍不香
chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng

lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)

留别
liú bié

a departing gift

特别护理
tè bié hù lǐ

intensive care

别无他用
bié wú tā yòng

to have no other use or purpose (idiom)

身份识别卡
shēn fèn shí bié kǎ

identification card

乌滋别克
wū zī bié kè

Uzbek

乌兹别克
wū zī bié kè

Uzbek

别嘴
biè zuǐ

mouthful (awkward speech)

别具匠心
bié jù jiàng xīn

to show ingenuity

别人牵驴你拔橛子
bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi

lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)

别无选择
bié wú xuǎn zé

to have no other choice

别具
bié jù

see 獨具|独具[dú jù]

杜尚别
dù shàng bié

Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan

天差地别
tiān chā dì bié

(idiom) poles apart; as different as can be

别有
bié yǒu

to have other...

别赫捷列夫
bié hè jié liè fū

Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927), Russian neurologist and psychiatrist

识别
shí bié

to distinguish

离家别井
lí jiā bié jǐng

to leave home; to abandon one's family

分别
fēn bié

to part; to leave each other

射频识别
shè pín shí bié

radio-frequency identification (RFID)

诀别
jué bié

to bid farewell

别针
bié zhēn

pin

小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn

reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)

送别
sòng bié

to farewell

辨别力
biàn bié lì

discrimination

别无长物
bié wú cháng wù

to possess nothing except bare necessities

顺性别
shùn xìng bié

cisgender

性别比
xìng bié bǐ

sex ratio

阔别
kuò bié

separated for a long time

国别
guó bié

nationality

别苗头
bié miáo tou

(dialect) to compete with

别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn

to have an ulterior motive (idiom)

别离
bié lí

to take leave of

别提了
bié tí le

say no more

永别
yǒng bié

to part forever

联体别墅
lián tǐ bié shù

townhouse

别筵
bié yán

farewell banquet

甄别
zhēn bié

to screen

别管
bié guǎn

no matter (who, what etc)

别扭
biè niu

awkward

济州特别自治道
jì zhōu tè bié zì zhì dào

Jeju island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site

别有洞天
bié yǒu dòng tiān

place of charm and beauty

临别赠言
lín bié zèng yán

words of advice on parting

遗体告别式
yí tǐ gào bié shì

funeral

甄别考试
zhēn bié kǎo shì

to screen

别理
bié lǐ

don't get involved

爱别离苦
ài bié lí kǔ

(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[bā kǔ]

离情别绪
lí qíng bié xù

sad feeling at separation (idiom)

临别
lín bié

just before parting

中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室
zhōng yāng rén mín zhèng fǔ zhù xiāng gǎng tè bié xíng zhèng qū lián luò bàn gōng shì

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

派别
pài bié

group; sect; clique; faction; school

曲别针
qū bié zhēn

paper clip

别树一旗
bié shù yī qí

lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner

告别
gào bié

to leave; to part from

人群管理特别用途车
rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chē

specialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water cannon, commonly known as water cannon vehicle 水炮車|水炮车[shuǐ pào chē]

特别
tè bié

unusual; special

语音识别
yǔ yīn shí bié

speech recognition

别动队
bié dòng duì

special detachment

判别
pàn bié

to differentiate

别处
bié chù

elsewhere

差别
chā bié

difference; distinction; disparity

界别
jiè bié

to divide up into different zones

违别
wéi bié

to leave

有别
yǒu bié

different

别具只眼
bié jù zhī yǎn

see 獨具隻眼|独具只眼[dú jù zhī yǎn]

不辞而别
bù cí ér bié

to leave without saying good-bye

特别行政区
tè bié xíng zhèng qū

special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门

道别
dào bié

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn

to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path

别庄
bié zhuāng

villa

千差万别
qiān chā wàn bié

(idiom) extremely diverse

闹别扭
nào biè niu

to be difficult with sb

与世永别
yǔ shì yǒng bié

to die

性别
xìng bié

gender

乌兹别克斯坦
wū zī bié kè sī tǎn

Uzbekistan

天壤之别
tiān rǎng zhī bié

lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom)

级别
jí bié

(military) rank

双湖特别区
shuāng hú tè bié qū

Shuanghu special district, Tibetan: Mtsho gnyis don gcod khru'u, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

别传
bié zhuàn

supplementary biography

无期别
wú qī bié

to part for an unspecified period

拜别
bài bié

(formal) to take leave of sb; to bid farewell

别致
bié zhì

unusual; unique

大别山
dà bié shān

Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces

引别
yǐn bié

to leave

作别
zuò bié

to take one's leave

首尔特别市
shǒu ěr tè bié shì

Seoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea

话别
huà bié

to say a few parting words; to bid goodbye

天渊之别
tiān yuān zhī bié

a complete contrast

别脸
bié liǎn

to turn one's face away

武器级别材料
wǔ qì jí bié cái liào

weapons-grade material

币别
bì bié

specific currency

别的
bié de

else

类别
lèi bié

classification

乌孜别克语
wū zī bié kè yǔ

Uzbek language