Difference in Chinese
difference · HSK 4
区别
- 区 area
- 别 don't
Counted with 个: 一个区别
这两个词有什么区别？ What's the difference between these two words?
Other ways to say difference
More words with 区 or 别
How do you say difference in Chinese?
Difference in Chinese is 区别 (qū bié). You can also say 差别 (chā bié), 差异 (chā yì), 差 (chā), 分别 (fēn bié).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.