分别 (fēnbié) means Distinguish (difference - separate). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他们在车站 分别 了。
Tāmen zài chēzhàn fēnbié le.
They parted at the station.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 分别
这两个词的 分别 在哪里？
Zhè liǎng ge cí de fēnbié zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the difference between these two words?
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 分别
法官 分别 询问了双方当事人。
Fǎguān fēnbié xúnwèn le shuāngfāng dāngshìrén.
The judge questioned the parties on both sides separately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 当事人
分别 多年，一家人终于团圆了。
Fēnbié duō nián, yìjiā rén zhōngyú tuányuán le.
After years apart the family was reunited at last.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 团圆
合同里把三方 分别 称为甲、乙、丙。
Hétong lǐ bǎ sān fāng fēnbié chēngwéi jiǎ, yǐ, bǐng.
The contract calls the three parties A, B and C respectively.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 丙
法官 分别 听取了原告和被告的陈述。
Fǎguān fēnbié tīngqǔ le yuángào hé bèigào de chénshù.
The judge heard the statements of plaintiff and defendant separately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 原告
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Questions about 分别
How is 分别 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 分别 (fēnbié, "Distinguish (difference - separate)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 分别 an HSK word?
Yes — 分别 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 分别?
The dictionary page for 分别 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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