Chinese word

别的

Pronunciation

Pinyinbié de

Meaning

  • adjectiveother

Example

她买了别的书。tā mǎi le bié de shū

She bought other books.

Illustration for 别的 (other)

More examples

你还有别的问题吗？nǐ hái yǒu bié de wèn tí ma

Do you have any other questions?

Core concept

Keeps the current person or thing in view and points away from it toward a different one or toward the remaining choices.

Common phrases

  • 别的东西bié de dōng xī

    other things

  • 别的人bié de rén

    other people

Similar words

其他qí tā: Describes people or things other than those included in a named group or range.
另外lìng wài: Describes an extra choice or item presented as a separate possibility.
其余qí yú: Refers to the full set of people or things that remain after some are set aside.

Definition in Chinese

表示与当前或已提到的人或物不同的其他者，常用作定语也可单独代替名词，语气偏口语。biǎo shì yǔ dāng qián huò yǐ tí dào de rén huò wù bù tóng de qí tā zhě cháng yòng zuò dìng yǔ yě kě dān dú dài tì míng cí yǔ qì piān kóu yǔ

Word origin

别的 (biéde, "other") is a modern combination of 别 (bié, "separate") and 的 (de, "structural particle"), so the phrase identifies something set apart from what is already mentioned.

Usage tips

  • In everyday shopping and ordering, this casual word can describe another item before its noun or ask about an option without naming the noun, which makes short choice-making sentences natural.

Other meanings

  • elseadverb
  • othersnoun

Opposites

  • 一样的yí yàng desameadjective

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