HSK 6 · Ideas

差别 chābié “difference” in Chinese

Traditional 差別

What 差别 means

  1. difference
  2. disparity
  3. distinction

How to say 差别

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale差chā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale别bié2nd tone, rising

差别 in a sentence

  1. 我看不出有什么差别。

    Wǒ kànbuchū yǒu shénme chābié.

    I can’t see any difference.

    Sentence #6828268 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 两者之间有显著的差别。

    Liǎngzhě zhījiān yǒu xiǎnzhù de chābié.

    There’s a marked difference between the two.

    Sentence #8725728 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这镇子现在跟十年前差别很大。

    Zhè zhènzi xiànzài gēn shí nián qián chābié hěn dà.

    This town is very different from ten years ago.

    Sentence #6093342 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 差别 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 差 (chà) with each of its parts in a different colour
差chādifference; discrepancy
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 工work · gōng
The character 别 (bié) with each of its parts in a different colour
别biéto leave; to part
  • 另another · lìng
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

Memory aidA knife 刂 cutting things apart: to separate. As a command, 别 means “don't”.

How to write 差别

差 9 strokes · 别 7 strokes

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差别 (chābié) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 差别 (chābié). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 差别

Words with 差

差chà · differ from出差chūchāi · to go on an official or business trip差不多chàbuduō · almost时差shíchā · time difference差距chājù · gap误差wùchā · error偏差piānchā · deviation相差xiāngchà · to differ

Words with 别

别bié · don’t别人biéren · other people特别tèbié · special别的biéde · other区别qūbié · difference性别xìngbié · gender分别fēnbié · to part告别gàobié · to say goodbye个别gèbié · individual别墅biéshù · villa

More words: Ideas & Concepts

策略cèlüè · strategy侧面cèmiàn · side层出不穷céngchūbùqióng · to emerge one after another层次céngcì · level场合chǎnghé · occasion场面chǎngmiàn · scene成效chéngxiào · effect冲击chōngjī · impact

FAQs

差别 (chābié) means “difference” or “disparity”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chābié: chā with a 1st tone, then bié with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 差别 is written 差別. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chabie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 差别 from the suggestions. Typing chabie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
差别 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.