Chinese symbol for “else”
别的
bié de
Traditional: 別的
else; other
The closest CC-CEDICT match for else is 别的 (bié de), defined as: else; other.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “else”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 别的.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 特别 (特別) | tè bié | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly |
| 别人 (別人) | bié ren | other people; others; other person |
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
| 区别 (區別) | qū bié | difference; to distinguish |
| 性别 (性別) | xìng bié | sex; gender |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 的话 (的話) | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 目的 | mù dì | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |
See also: Japanese symbol for “else”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.