# 截然不同 (jiéránbùtóng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 截然不同 (jiéránbùtóng) means “entirely different; worlds apart”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: entirely different; worlds apart
- Pinyin: jiéránbùtóng (jie2 ran2 bu4 tong2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这两兄弟的性格截然不同。
  Zhè liǎng xiōngdì de xìnggé jiéránbùtóng.
  The personalities of the two brothers are entirely different.

## Characters

- [截](https://hanziro.com/word/jie-cut-off/) (jié): to cut off; to intercept
- 然 (rán): correct; right
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [同](https://hanziro.com/word/tong-same/) (tóng): same; together

https://hanziro.com/word/jie-ran-bu-tong-entirely-different/

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