分揀

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	choose; pick up
trad. (分揀)		分	揀
simp. (分拣)		分	拣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ gaan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnjiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenjiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-chien³
    • Yale: fēn-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenjean
    • Palladius: фэньцзянь (fɛnʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ gaan²
    • Yale: fān gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ gaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ gan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ kaːn³⁵/

Verb

分揀

1. to sort; to group

   分揀信件／分拣信件  ―  fēnjiǎn xìnjiàn  ―  to sort letters

2. (Classical) to differentiate; to distinguish; to set apart

Synonyms

• (to distinguish):

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• 分 (literary, or in compounds)
• 分別 / 分别 (fēnbié)
• 分化 (fēnhuà)
• 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)
• 甄別 / 甄别 (zhēnbié)
• 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)

Korean

Hanja in this term
分	揀

Noun

分揀 • (bun'gan) (hangeul 분간)

1. hanja form^? of 분간 (“distinguishing; telling apart”)