别
biébiè HSK1

separate

别 別 bié frequency
don't adverb
Used to express prohibition or to advise against an action; can also be used with 是 shì to express a suspicion about something undesirable happening.

别告诉我，让我猜猜。

bié gào​sù wǒ, ràng wǒ cāi cāi.

Don't tell me, let me guess.

永远别把钱放银行里。

yǒng​yuǎn bié bǎ qián fàng yín​háng li.

Never leave your money in the bank.

other determineradjective
(bound form) Other; another; different.

我又不是养别家的孩子。

wǒ yòu bù​shì yǎng bié jiā de hái​zi.

It's not like I'm raising someone else's kid.

她忙着做别的事情。

tā máng​zhe zuò bié de shì​qing.

She's busy doing other things.

difference adjectivenoun
A difference; a distinction; a category or classification.
to leave verb
To part; to leave; to bid farewell.
to distinguish verbnoun
To differentiate; to distinguish; to categorize
to pin verb
To fasten with a pin, clip, or needle; to stick in or tuck into something, such as a belt or pocket.
to trip
To trip someone up; to block or hinder movement by sticking something in the way.
to turn
(dialect) To turn away or avert, as in one's face or gaze.
Bie
A Chinese surname.
别 彆 biè
variant 別
to persuade
To persuade someone to change their mind, opinions, or habits
别 彆 biè
to hold back
To hold back or suppress one's feelings or breath; same as 憋 biē.
stubborn
(bound form) stubborn; contrary; difficult
ends of a bow
The curved ends of a bow

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Frequency
Character
Written text
222nd most common 964.5 per million
Movie subtitles
79th most common 2178.3 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2082.6 per million appears in 98% of films
Written text
294.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
別彆
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+522B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)