Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
分开
fēnkāi
Description
"分开"的意思是让两个或更多的东西、人不在一起。
"分开" means to make two or more things or people not be together.
我们可以说朋友分开，也可以说把东西分开放。
We can say friends 分开, or we can say to 分开 things.
Meanings
分开fēnkāi
to separate; to part from each other
我们在车站分开了。
We parted ways at the station.
分开fēnkāi
to divide or keep things apart
请把这些书分开放。
Please separate these books.
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Notes
- Etymology
分 (divide) + 开 (open/apart), a resultative verb meaning "divide apart".
- Nuance
分手 is specifically for couples breaking up; 分开 is broader separation.
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