Distinguish in Chinese
to distinguish · HSK 6
区分
- 区 area
- 分 to divide
你能区分这两种颜色吗？ Can you tell these two colors apart?
Other ways to say distinguish
More words with 区 or 分
How do you say distinguish in Chinese?
Distinguish in Chinese is 区分 (qū fēn). You can also say 识别 (shí bié), 区别 (qū bié), 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?
Our own 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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