辨别

辨別

biànbié

verb HSK 7 #11,734

Meanings

1 to distinguish
2 to differentiate
3 to tell apart

Characters

distinguish; differentiate

to separate; to classify

Examples

你能辨别真假吗？

Nǐ néng biànbié zhēnjiǎ ma?

Can you distinguish the real from the fake?

孩子要学会辨别是非。

Háizi yào xuéhuì biànbié shìfēi.

Children need to learn to distinguish right from wrong.

这两种颜色很难辨别。

Zhè liǎng zhǒng yánsè hěn nán biànbié.

These two colors are hard to tell apart.

Tips

mistakes

Don't confuse 辨别 (biànbié, to distinguish) with 辩别 — the correct character is 辨 (with 辛辛 on the sides meaning to differentiate), not 辩 (with 言 meaning to argue/debate).

Stroke Order

辨 biàn

别 bié