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bié = bi + e2
surname Bie
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bié = bi + e2
to leave / to depart / to separate / to distinguish / to classify / other / another / don't ...! / to pin / to stick (sth) in / (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])
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biè = bi + e4
to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
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How to pronounce 别

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= bi initial

Bi is for Shield maiden and Valkyrie Brunhilde.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= bi initial

Bi is for Shield maiden and Valkyrie Brunhilde.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

别 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
dāo = d + ao1
Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]
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lìng = li + (e)ng4
other / another / separate / separately
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Characters with 别 as component

= b + a1
eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / split
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Words with 别

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other people / others / other person
other people; others; other person
especially / special / particular / unusual

Sentences with 别

shén
me
tiān
jūn
 
 
niú
tiān
jūn
 
 
bié

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bié / biè

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