Hanzi
Traditional
辨
Simplified
辨

to distinguish/to recognize

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

biàn, biǎn, bàn, piàn

Bopomofo

ㄅㄧㄢˋ, ㄅㄧㄢˇ, ㄅㄢˋ, ㄆㄧㄢˋ

Jyutping

bin6

Example sentences

分辨 fēnbiàn
我很難分辨這兩種顏色的區別。
我很难分辨这两种颜色的区别。

It is hard for me to distinguish the difference between these two colors.

惡 / 恶 è
分辨善與惡並不容易。
分辨善与恶并不容易。

Distinguishing between good and evil is not easily done at all.

明辨 míngbiàn
我們應該明辨是非。
我们应该明辨是非。

We should clearly distinguish between right and wrong.

是非 shìfēi
我們應該明辨是非，不要隨便相信謠言。
我们应该明辨是非，不要随便相信谣言。

We should distinguish between right and wrong and not easily believe rumors.

辨別 / 辨别 biànbié
我們需要學會辨別是非。
我们需要学会辨别是非。

We need to learn to distinguish right from wrong.

氾濫 / 泛滥 fànlàn
最近假新聞氾濫，讓人難以辨別真偽。
最近假新闻泛滥，让人难以辨别真伪。

Recently fake news has been rampant, making it hard for people to distinguish truth from falsehood.

辨認 / 辨认 biànrèn
他的字跡很難辨認。
他的字迹很难辨认。

His handwriting is very difficult to recognize.

Example Vocabulary

分辨

fen1'bian4

to distinguish; to differentiate

分辨率

fen1'bian4'lv4

明辨

ming2'bian4

to distinguish clearly; to differentiate

辨

bian4

辨別

bian4'bie2

to distinguish; to identify

辨認

bian4'ren4

to recognize; to identify

真假難辨

辨明

bian4'ming2

辨析

bian4'xi1

辨證

bian4'zheng4

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