甄別

See also: 甄别

Chinese

		to mould; discriminate	other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
trad. (甄別)		甄	別
simp. (甄别)		甄	别

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnbié

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ bit⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): ĭng-biék
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-pia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnbié
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenbié
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-pieh²
    • Yale: jēn-byé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenbye
    • Palladius: чжэньбе (čžɛnʹbe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ bit⁶
    • Yale: yān biht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ bit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ bid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ piːt̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭng-biék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(p-)miɛʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-pia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-pia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinpiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² piɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ piɛt̚²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyin|kjien pjet

Rime
Character	甄	甄	別
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	仙 (77)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	側鄰切	居延切	方别切
Baxter	tsyin	kjien	pjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪn/	/kiᴇn/	/pˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕin/	/kiɛn/	/pᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjen/	/kjæn/	/piæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cin/	/kian/	/piat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕn/	/kiɛn/	/pjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕn/	/kĭɛn/	/pĭɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/	/ki̯ɛn/	/pi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	jiān	bie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1	gin1	bit3

Verb

甄別

1. to examine and distinguish; to screen; to distinguish
2. to reexamine a case

Synonyms

• (to distinguish):

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• 分 (literary, or in compounds)
• 分別 / 分别 (fēnbié)
• 分化 (fēnhuà)
• 分揀 / 分拣 (fēnjiǎn) (literary)
• 分辨 (fēnbiàn)
• 判別 / 判别 (pànbié)
• 別白 / 别白 (biébái) (literary)
• 劃分 / 划分 (huàfēn)
• 區 / 区 (literary, or in compounds)
• 區分 / 区分 (qūfēn)
• 區別 / 区别 (qūbié)
• 區劃 / 区划 (qūhuà) (literary)
• 科別 / 科别 (kēbié) (literary)
• 認 / 认 (rèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 識別 / 识别 (shíbié)
• 辨別 / 辨别 (biànbié)
• 辨明 (biànmíng)
• 辨析 (biànxī) (to differentiate and analyze)
• 辨白 (biànbái) (literary)
• 辨認 / 辨认 (biànrèn)
• 辨識 / 辨识 (biànshí)
• 鑒別 / 鉴别 (jiànbié)
• 鑒識 / 鉴识 (jiànshí)