HSK 3.0 Level 3 · People

别的 biéde “other” in Chinese

Traditional 別的

What 别的 means

  1. other
  2. else

How to say 别的

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale别bié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own的deneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

别的 in a sentence

  1. 我们能去别的地方吗？

    Wǒmen néng qù biéde dìfang ma?

    Could we go somewhere else?

    Sentence #4757226 from Tatoeba

  2. 我没有别的问题了。

    Wǒ méiyǒu biéde wèntí le.

    I don’t have any other questions.

    Sentence #2770007 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我想吃点别的。

    Wǒ xiǎng chī diǎn biéde.

    I’d like to eat something else.

    Sentence #8511411 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 别的 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 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”.

The character 的 (de) with each of its parts in a different colour
的deof; ~’s
  • 白white · bái
  • 勺spoon · sháo

Memory aidIt first meant “bright, clear”, with white 白 for the meaning and 勺 (sháo) for the sound. Now it is the most common character in Chinese.

How to write 别的

别 7 strokes · 的 8 strokes

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

Words related to 别的

Words with 别

别bié · don’t别人biéren · other people特别tèbié · special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鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish

Words with 的

的de · possessive particle有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)的话dehuà · if (ends a conditional clause)目的mùdì · purpose的确díquè · really似的shìde · as if

More words: People & Family

员yuán · (suffix) member女生nǚshēng · female student大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person

FAQs

别的 (biéde) means “other” or “else”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it biéde: bié with a 2nd tone, then de with a neutral 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, 别的 is written 別的. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biede with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 别的 from the suggestions. Typing biede into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
别的 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older 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.