IDENTITY
别biédon't; other; to part
HSK 1Top 150
CORE MEANING
don't; other; to part
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.don'tHSK1
- 2.otherHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 刂knife radical (dāo)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰另刂
- other
- cutting apart
USAGE
Common words
别人biérénothers
特别tèbiéespecially
分别fēnbiéto part
Graded examples
别迟到了。Bié chídào le.HSK2
Don’t be late.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Cutting (刂) something off from the rest (另) — separating; the other one; don’t!
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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