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Expressing respectively or separately with 分别 (fēnbié)
Manner & Method
Sequence & Order
Structure
Subject A + 和 + Subject B + 分别 + Verb
Explanation
分别 as a verb means "to part" or "to separate," but as an adverb it means "respectively" or "separately." Use it to indicate that different subjects each do something individually. Place it before the verb to show that the action applies to each item in turn.
Examples
毕业以后，我们三个人分别去了不同的城市。
Bìyè yǐhòu, wǒmen sān ge rén fēnbié qù le bùtóng de chéngshì.
After graduation, the three of us went to different cities.
这两道题分别用了加法和减法。
Zhè liǎng dào tí fēnbié yòng le jiāfǎ hé jiǎnfǎ.
These two problems used addition and subtraction respectively.
老师分别跟每个学生谈了话。
Lǎoshī fēnbié gēn měi ge xuéshēng tán le huà.
The teacher spoke with each student individually.