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區別
區別
Chinese
area; region; district; small; distinguish; Ou (surname)
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other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
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| trad. (區別) | 區 | 別 | |
| simp. (区别) | 区 | 别 | |
Noun
區別
Verb
區別
- to distinguish; to differentiate
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 區 | 別 |
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く Hyōgaiji |
べつ Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
區別 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 区別, hiragana くべつ, romaji kubetsu)
Verb
區別する (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 区別, hiragana くべつする, romaji kubetsu suru)
- to distinguish, to tell one thing from another
- to classify
Conjugation
Conjugation of "區別する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 區別し | くべつし | kubetsu shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 區別し | くべつし | kubetsu shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 區別する | くべつする | kubetsu suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 區別する | くべつする | kubetsu suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 區別すれ | くべつすれ | kubetsu sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 區別せよ¹ 區別しろ² |
くべつせよ¹ くべつしろ² |
kubetsu seyo¹ kubetsu shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 區別される | くべつされる | kubetsu sareru | |
| Causative | 區別させる 區別さす |
くべつさせる くべつさす |
kubetsu saseru kubetsu sasu |
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| Potential | 區別できる | くべつできる | kubetsu dekiru | |
| Volitional | 區別しよう | くべつしよう | kubetsu shiyō | |
| Negative | 區別しない | くべつしない | kubetsu shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 區別せず | くべつせず | kubetsu sezu | |
| Formal | 區別します | くべつします | kubetsu shimasu | |
| Perfective | 區別した | くべつした | kubetsu shita | |
| Conjunctive | 區別して | くべつして | kubetsu shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 區別すれば | くべつすれば | kubetsu sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
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| 區 | 別 |
Noun
區別 • (gubyeol) (hangeul 구별)
- Hanja form? of 구별, “difference; distinction; differentiation”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiubye
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: keoi1 bit6
- Yale: kēui biht
- Cantonese Pinyin: koey1 bit9
- IPA (key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ piːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu-pia̍t / khi-piat / khu-piat
- Tâi-lô: khu-pia̍t / khi-piat / khu-piat
- Phofsit Daibuun: qu'piat, qi'piad, qu'piad
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚⁴/, /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚³²/, /kʰu⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³ piɛt̚²⁴/, /kʰi³³ piɛt̚⁵/, /kʰu³³ piɛt̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚¹²¹/, /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚³²/, /kʰu⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚⁴/, /kʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚³²/, /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚⁴/, /kʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚³²/, /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛt̚³²/
- Note: khu-pia̍t - Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan; khi-piat - Zhangzhou.
- (Hokkien)