(bié de) - other, else, other things in Mandarin
biédeTraditional: 別的
Translation
other, else, other things
Word origin
A two-character expression: 别 'other, separate' (a bone element with the knife radical 刂) plus the particle 的. Together 别的 means 'other' or 'else'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 别 (other) + 的 (particle)
Stroke order
别
的
Examples
，？
Apart from this, is there anything else?
。
I don't want to talk about other things.
？
Can you give me other options?
？
Are there any other questions?
口。
I want to try a different flavour.
别的 (bié de) means other or else and functions as a pronoun or determiner referring to things or people not already mentioned. It is closely related to 其他 (qí tā), but 别的 is more colloquial and common in speech. It can stand alone as a noun phrase (还有别的吗, is there anything else?) or modify a following noun (别的地方, other places).
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