间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 另外 lìng wài additional / in addition / besides / separate / other / moreover / furthermore syn 分开 分開 fēn kāi to separate / to part syn 解 jiě to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection syn 隔离 隔離 gé lí to separate / to isolate syn 脱离 脫離 tuō lí to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) syn 分离 分離 fēn lí to separate syn 散开 散開 sàn kāi to separate / to disperse syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 分隔 fēn gé to divide / to separate / partition syn 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn 阻隔 zǔ gé to separate / to cut off syn 另行 lìng xíng (to do sth) separately / as a separate action syn 分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 割裂 gē liè to cut apart / to sever / to separate / to isolate syn 分装 分裝 fēn zhuāng to divide into portions / to package in smaller quantities / to separate into loads 分房 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing 另起炉灶 另起爐灶 lìng qǐ lú zào lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom) / to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path syn 分立 fēn lì to establish as separate entities / to divide (a company etc) into independent entities / discrete / separate / separation (of powers etc) 难舍难分 難捨難分 nán shě nán fēn loath to part (idiom) / emotionally close and unwilling to separate syn 单行 單行 dān xíng to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic 析出 xī chū to separate out 难解难分 難解難分 nán jiě nán fēn hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) / inextricably involved / locked in battle syn 无间 無間 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable syn 隔开 隔開 gé kāi to separate syn 管它 guǎn tā no matter if / regardless of / don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter 当事 當事 dāng shì to be in charge / to be confronted (with a matter) / involved (in some matter) 分拆 fèn chāi to separate off / to hive off / a demerger 分治 fēn zhì separate government / partition 分洪 fēn hóng to separate flood / flood defense 另 lìng other / another / separate / separately syn 异 異 yì different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate syn 隔 gé to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of syn 析 xī to separate / to divide / to analyze syn 违 違 wéi to disobey / to violate / to separate / to go against syn 殊 shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn 各奔东西 各奔東西 gè bèn dōng xī to go separate ways (idiom) / to part ways with sb / Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1] syn 顿号 頓號 dùn hào enumeration comma (、) (used to separate words or phrases in a list) syn 捭 bò variant of 擘[bo4] / to separate / to split 事 shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn 再 zài again / once more / re- / further / beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4ze2], 再就是[zai4jiu4shi4] etc) / (literary) to reappear / to reoccur syn 事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of syn 没什么 沒甚麼 méi shén me it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind / think nothing of it / it's my pleasure / you're welcome syn 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 事实上 事實上 shì shí shàng in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto syn 没关系 沒關係 méi guān xi it doesn't matter syn 实际上 實際上 shí jì shàng in fact / in reality / as a matter of fact / in practice syn 自 zì (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course syn 事儿 事兒 shì r one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how / regardless of whether... syn 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn 无所谓 無所謂 wú suǒ wèi to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be syn 无论如何 無論如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means syn 在于 在於 zài yú to rest with / to lie in / to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by / to be up to (sb) syn 头脑 頭腦 tóu nǎo brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss syn 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 物质 物質 wù zhì matter / substance / material / materialistic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 不论 不論 bù lùn whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss syn 哪怕 nǎ pà even / even if / even though / no matter how syn 小事 xiǎo shì trifle / trivial matter / CL:點|点[dian3] syn 此事 cǐ shì this matter 不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but syn 摆平 擺平 bǎi píng to be fair / to be impartial / to settle (a matter etc) syn 急事 jí shì urgent matter syn 分心 fēn xīn to divert one's attention / to get distracted / (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter) syn 理所当然 理所當然 lǐ suǒ dāng rán as it should be by rights (idiom) / proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right syn 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter 罢休 罷休 bà xiū to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 撞车 撞車 zhuàng chē to crash (into another car) / (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash / (of subject matter) to be the same 碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way / to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence / to matter syn 笑柄 xiào bǐng a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock syn 题材 題材 tí cái subject matter syn 死心 sǐ xīn to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about 底细 底細 dǐ xì inside information / the ins and outs of the matter / how things stand / what's up syn 旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair / former matter syn 主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn 无妨 無妨 wú fáng no harm (in doing it) / One might as well. / It won't hurt. / no matter / it's no bother syn 务 務 wù affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means syn 事项 事項 shì xiàng matter / item syn 追问 追問 zhuī wèn to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter syn 随口 隨口 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through syn 儿戏 兒戲 ér xì child's play / trifling matter 排泄物 排洩物 pái xiè wù excreta / waste matter (feces, urine etc) syn 权衡 權衡 quán héng to consider / to weigh (a matter) / to balance (pros and cons) syn 当务之急 當務之急 dāng wù zhī jí (idiom) top priority job / a matter of the greatest urgency 生死攸关 生死攸關 shēng sǐ yōu guān matter of life and death syn 要事 yào shì important matter syn 鸡毛蒜皮 雞毛蒜皮 jī máo suàn pí lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter) syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 处分 處分 chǔ fèn to discipline sb / to punish / disciplinary action / to deal with (a matter) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小节 小節 xiǎo jié a minor matter / trivia / bar (music) syn 自问 自問 zì wèn to ask oneself / to search one's soul / to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter syn 实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn 