分辨
fēnbiàn
to distinguish; to identify
Characters in this word
辨 biàn
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 辛 — bitter
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 天太黑了，我分辨不清前面是人还是树。 Tiān tài hēi le, wǒ fēnbiàn bù qīng qiánmiàn shì rén háishi shù. It is too dark, and I cannot tell whether that ahead is a person or a tree.
- 双胞胎长得太像了，我根本分辨不出谁是谁。 Shuāngbāotāi zhǎng de tài xiàng le, wǒ gēnběn fēnbiàn bù chū shéi shì shéi. The twins look so alike that I simply cannot tell who is who.
- 小孩子还不太会分辨颜色，常常把红色说成粉色。 Xiǎo háizi hái bú tài huì fēnbiàn yánsè, chángcháng bǎ hóngsè shuō chéng fěnsè. Small children cannot distinguish colours well yet and often call red pink.