义项
两个东西不一样的地方
区, to divide into sections, and 别, to part — marking off where two things stop being the same. As a noun it needs 的 to link the two things compared: 这两个词的区别; as a verb it takes 跟 or 和 before the second term.
noun
例句
- 我不知道这两个词的区别。我不知道這兩個詞的區別。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) zhīdào (first tone, high and level) zhè (fourth tone, falling) liǎng (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) cí (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) qūbié. (first tone, high and level)···
I don’t know the difference between these two words.
- 这两种办法区别不大，选哪个都可以。這兩种辦法區別不大，選哪個都可以。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) liǎng (third tone, dipping) zhǒng (third tone, dipping) bànfǎ (fourth tone, falling) qūbié (first tone, high and level) bú (second tone, rising) dà, (fourth tone, falling) xuǎn (third tone, dipping) nǎge (third tone, dipping) dōu (first tone, high and level) kěyǐ. (third tone, dipping)···
These two methods aren’t very different — either one is fine.
常见错误
不太对我不知道这两个词区别。
正确我不知道这两个词的区别。
区别 as a noun needs 的 linking it to the two things being compared — 这两个词的区别. Dropping the 的 leaves 词 and 区别 stacked with no grammatical connection between them.