分離

See also: 分离

Chinese

	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (分離)	分	離
simp. (分离)	分	离
anagram	離分／离分

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnlí

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ lei⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-lì
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-lî / hun-lī / pun-lî / pun-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnlí
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fenlí
  - Wade–Giles: fên¹-li²
  - Yale: fēn-lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenli
  - Palladius: фэньли (fɛnʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ lei⁴
  - Yale: fān lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ lei̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-lì
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ li^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ li²
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴ li¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-lî
  - Tâi-lô: hun-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunlii
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ li²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² li¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-lī
  - Tâi-lô: hun-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunli
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-lî
  - Tâi-lô: pun-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: punlii
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ li²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² li¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-lī
  - Tâi-lô: pun-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: punli
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pun⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³/

Verb

分離

to separate; to segregate; to sever
分離式道路／分离式道路 ― fēnlí shì dàolù ― split road
to leave; to part; to separate

Synonyms

(to leave):

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分別 / 分别 (fēnbié)
別離 / 别离 (biélí) (literary)
離別 / 离别 (líbié)

Derived terms

分離主義 / 分离主义 (fēnlí zhǔyì)
分離器 / 分离器 (fēnlíqì)
分離式 / 分离式 (fēnlíshì)
分離焦慮 / 分离焦虑
政教分離 / 政教分离 (zhèngjiào fēnlí)
破鏡分離 / 破镜分离
身首分離 / 身首分离
離心分離機 / 离心分离机
首身分離 / 首身分离
骨肉分離 / 骨肉分离 (gǔròu fēnlí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	離
ぶん Grade: 2	り Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶんり [bùńrí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃n̺ɾʲi]

Noun

分(ぶん)離(り) • (bunri)

separation
有効成分(ゆうこうせいぶん)の分離(ぶんり)に成功(せいこう)した。
Yūkō seibun no bunri ni seikō shita.
We succeeded in the separation of the effective components. → We succeeded in extracting the effective components.
segregation
selectivity or sensitivity in a radio or similar device for certain frequencies
この受信機(じゅしんき)の分離(ぶんり)がよい。
Kono jushinki no bunri ga yoi.
This receiver has good sensitivity / tunes in well (to a signal).

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “separation”): 結合, 統合, 編入

Derived terms

分離課税(ぶんりかぜい) (bunri kazei, “separate taxation”)
分離機(ぶんりき) (bunriki, “a separator (a device)”)
遠心分離機(えんしんぶんりき) (enshin bunriki, “a centrifuge”)
分離帯(ぶんりたい) (bunritai, “a separator (a band or strip dividing two things)”)
中央分離帯(ちゅうおうぶんりたい) (chūō bunritai, “(UK) a (central) reservation, (US) a median strip”)
分離派(ぶんりは) (bunriha, “a separatist group; a member of a separatist group”)
分離不定詞(ぶんりふていし) (bunri futeishi, “a split infinitive”)
分離論者(ぶんりろんしゃ) (bunrironsha, “a secessionist”)
分離論(ぶんりろん) (bunriron, “secessionism”)
分離者(ぶんりしゃ) (bunrisha, “a secessionist”)
政教分離(せいきょうぶんり) (seikyō bunri, “separation of church and state”)
人種的分離(じんしゅてきぶんり) (jinshuteki bunri, “racial segregation”)
性別的分離(せいべつてきぶんり) (seibetsuteki bunri, “gender segregation”)
分離主義者(ぶんりしゅぎしゃ) (bunri shugisha, “a segregationist”)
神仏分離(しんぶつぶんり) (shinbutsu bunri, “separation of Shintoism and Buddhism; shinbutsu bunri”)

Verb

分(ぶん)離(り)する • (bunri suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 分(ぶん)離(り)し (bunri shi), past 分(ぶん)離(り)した (bunri shita))

to separate
to segregate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "分離する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	分離し	ぶんりし	bunri shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	分離し	ぶんりし	bunri shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	分離する	ぶんりする	bunri suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	分離する	ぶんりする	bunri suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	分離すれ	ぶんりすれ	bunri sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	分離せよ¹ 分離しろ²	ぶんりせよ¹ ぶんりしろ²	bunri seyo¹ bunri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	分離される	ぶんりされる	bunri sareru
Causative	分離させる分離さす	ぶんりさせるぶんりさす	bunri saseru bunri sasu
Potential	分離できる	ぶんりできる	bunri dekiru
Volitional	分離しよう	ぶんりしよう	bunri shiyō
Negative	分離しない	ぶんりしない	bunri shinai
Negative continuative	分離せず	ぶんりせず	bunri sezu
Formal	分離します	ぶんりします	bunri shimasu
Perfective	分離した	ぶんりした	bunri shita
Conjunctive	分離して	ぶんりして	bunri shite
Hypothetical conditional	分離すれば	ぶんりすれば	bunri sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“分離”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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