别

別traditional

HSK 2#214 by frequencyradical 刂

Bié["d","v","r","vn"]

don't ...!; (bound form) other; another; different; to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别)

biè彆

to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

Examples

别动！

Don't move!

别哭。

Don't cry.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.