Chinese symbol for “separate”
分离
fēn lí
Traditional: 分離
to separate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for separate is 分离 (fēn lí), defined as: to separate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “separate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分开 (分開) | fēn kāi | to separate; to part |
| 隔 | gé | to separate; to partition |
| 隔离 (隔離) | gé lí | to separate; to isolate |
| 分 | fēn | to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate |
| 析 | xī | to separate; to divide |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 分离.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 分析 | fēn xī | to analyze; analysis |
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
| 分钟 (分鐘) | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 十分 | shí fēn | very; completely |
| 分享 | fēn xiǎng | to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial) |
| 离开 (離開) | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 距离 (距離) | jù lí | distance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from |
See also: Japanese symbol for “separate”.
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.