No. 928 in Chinese
分别
"Separately; respectively; to part."
In a sentence
他们分别去了不同的城市。
They went to different cities separately.
分别 is used here to mean 'separately' or 'individually', indicating that each person went to a different city.
我们的观点分别如下：第一，效率；第二，创新。
Our viewpoints are as follows: firstly, efficiency; secondly, innovation.
分别 is used here to mean 'respectively; as follows', introducing distinct points or elements sequentially.
老师分别问了每个同学一些问题。
The teacher asked each student some questions separately.
分别 is used here to mean 'individually', indicating that the teacher interacted with each student one by one.
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