分辨

fēnbiàn

verb HSK 7 #6,677

Meanings

1 to distinguish
2 to differentiate
3 to tell apart

Characters

to divide; to separate

to distinguish; to discern

Examples

你能分辨这两种颜色的区别吗？

Nǐ néng fēnbiàn zhè liǎng zhǒng yánsè de qūbié ma?

Can you tell the difference between these two colors?

孩子还不能分辨是非。

Háizi hái bù néng fēnbiàn shìfēi.

Children cannot yet distinguish right from wrong.

Tips

mistakes

Do not confuse 分辨 (fēnbiàn, to distinguish) with 分辩 (fēnbiàn, to defend oneself verbally). They sound identical but have different meanings and different second characters.

Stroke Order

分 fēn

辨 biàn