别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 变 變 biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion syn 不同 bù tóng different / distinct / not the same / not alike syn 异性 異性 yì xìng the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn 两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn 容纳 容納 róng nà to hold / to contain / to accommodate / to tolerate (different opinions) syn 会诊 會診 huì zhěn consultation (medical) / to meet for diagnosis / (by extension) consultation of different specialists 分道扬镳 分道揚鑣 fēn dào yáng biāo lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways syn 分清 fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear 分派 fēn pài to assign (a task to different people) / to allocate syn 大幅 dà fú a big margin / substantially 爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn 唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position syn 异类 異類 yì lèi different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity) syn 大相径庭 大相徑庭 dà xiāng jìng tíng as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart syn 改用 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different) 变通 變通 biàn tōng pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances syn 两回事 兩回事 liǎng huí shì two quite different things / two unrelated matters syn 转院 轉院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner) 如出一辙 如出一轍 rú chū yī zhé to be precisely the same / to be no different syn 调转 調轉 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn 异地 異地 yì dì different place / abroad syn 形形色色 xíng xíng sè sè all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of syn 悬殊 懸殊 xuán shū vastly different / poles apart syn 异族 異族 yì zú different tribe syn 两栖 兩棲 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines syn 迥异 迥異 jiǒng yì totally different syn 今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now / times have changed syn 翻案 fān àn to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict 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 言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn 异口同声 異口同聲 yì kǒu tóng shēng different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom) syn 各异 各異 gè yì all different / each unto his own syn 有别 有別 yǒu bié different / distinct / unequal / variable syn 同期 tóng qī the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous 迥然不同 jiǒng rán bù tóng widely different / utterly different syn 繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn 各样 各樣 gè yàng many different types syn 判若两人 判若兩人 pàn ruò liǎng rén to be a different person / not to be one's usual self 殊途同归 殊途同歸 shū tú tóng guī different routes to the same destination (idiom) / fig. different means of achieve the same end syn 套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) syn 见异思迁 見異思遷 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom) / loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has syn 换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance syn 联运 聯運 lián yùn through transport / through traffic jointly organized by different enterprises 一概而论 一概而論 yī gài ér lùn to lump different matters together (idiom) syn 各别 各別 gè bié distinct / different / separately / individually / unusual / novel / (pejorative) eccentric / bizarre syn 同床异梦 同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom) / ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension syn 千姿百态 千姿百態 qiān zī bǎi tài (idiom) to come in many different shapes / to display a great variety of forms syn 走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) 别有洞天 別有洞天 bié yǒu dòng tiān place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world syn 杂居 雜居 zá jū cohabitation (of different populations or races) / to coexist 新异 新異 xīn yì new and different / novelty syn 两样 兩樣 liǎng yàng not the same / different syn 别样 別樣 bié yàng different kind of / another sort of / special / unusual syn 北平 běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) 特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia 另行通知 lìng xíng tōng zhī to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice 异曲同工 異曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome syn 变声 變聲 biàn shēng voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc) 燕京 yān jīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods 别论 別論 bié lùn a different matter / another story / (old) objection 吴国 吳國 wú guó Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms 异母 異母 yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers 诸般 諸般 zhū bān various / many different kinds of 外派 wài pài to send sb to work abroad or in a different location syn 蜀国 蜀國 shǔ guó Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms 腾挪 騰挪 téng nuó to move / to shift / to move out of the way / to divert (money etc) to a different purpose syn 相异 相異 xiāng yì different / dissimilar 吃错药 吃錯藥 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal 隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step- 转诊 轉診 zhuǎn zhěn to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital) 界别 界別 jiè bié to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom syn 旁系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) 迥然 jiǒng rán vastly (different) syn 异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother) 劳燕分飞 勞燕分飛 láo yàn fēn fēi the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other syn 脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 杂说 雜說 zá shuō scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking syn 差 chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] syn 判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn 旁 páng one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc) syn 异 異 yì different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate syn 吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods 异能 異能 yì néng different function 殊 shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn 杂七杂八 雜七雜八 zá qī zá bā an assortment / a bit of everything / lots of different (skills) syn 差不离 差不離 chà bù lí not much different / similar / ordinary / nearly syn 改弦易辙 改弦易轍 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune syn 二元论 二元論 èr yuán lùn dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil) 条条大路通罗马 條條大路通羅馬 tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng luó mǎ all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom) 异说 異說 yì shuō different opinion / dissident view / absurd remark 倒时差 倒時差 dǎo shí chā to adjust to a different time zone 党同伐异 黨同伐異 dǎng tóng fá yì to be narrowly partisan / to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views syn 因人而异 因人而異 yīn rén ér yì varying from person to person (idiom) / different for each individual 食蚁兽 食蟻獸 shí yǐ shòu ant-eater (several different species) 近墨者黑 jìn mò zhě hēi proximity to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修) / different environments provide different influence. / Nurture determines a person's character. 泾渭分明 涇渭分明 jīng wèi fēn míng as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different syn 