HSK 6 · Adjectives

别致 biézhì “unique” in Chinese

Traditional 別緻

What 别致 means

  1. unique
  2. stylish
  3. unconventional
  4. unusual

How to say 别致

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale致zhì4th tone, falling

别致 in a sentence

  1. 这家咖啡馆装修得很别致。

    Zhè jiā kāfēiguǎn zhuāngxiū de hěn biézhì.

    This café is decorated in a really distinctive style.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她送给我一个很别致的礼物。

    Tā sònggěi wǒ yí ge hěn biézhì de lǐwù.

    She gave me a really unusual present.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 别致 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 致 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
致zhìfine; delicate; exquisite
  • 至arrive · zhìSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 至 (zhì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 别致

别 7 strokes · 致 10 strokes

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

Words related to 别致

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

Words with 致

导致dǎozhì · to lead to一致yízhì · consistent致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)精致jīngzhì · exquisite细致xìzhì · careful致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to大致dàzhì · roughly以致yǐzhì · with the result that致使zhìshǐ · to cause兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm

More words: Adjectives

笨拙bènzhuō · clumsy扁biǎn · flat便利biànlì · convenient别扭bièniu · awkward闭塞bìsè · isolated博大精深bódàjīngshēn · broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)薄弱bóruò · weak不可思议bùkěsīyì · unimaginable

FAQs

别致 (biézhì) means “unique” or “stylish”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biézhì: bié with a 2nd tone, then zhì with a 4th 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, 别致 is written 別緻. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biezhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 别致 from the suggestions. Typing biezhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
别致 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.