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隔

gé

HSK 5 Character

What 隔 means

1. to separate
2. to partition
3. to stand or lie between
4. at a distance from
5. after or at an interval of

Example sentences

• 隔墙有耳。
  Gé qiáng yǒu ěr.
  The walls have ears.
• 每隔一行写。
  Měigé yīxíng xiě.
  Write on every other line.
• 她住在他的隔壁。
  Tā zhù zài tā de gébì.
  She lives next door to him.
• 他住在我们隔壁。
  He lives next door to us.
• 这片区域已隔离。
  This area has been quarantined.
• 我每隔一天拜访他。
  Wǒ měigé yī tiān bàifǎng tā.
  I visit him every other day.

Words starting with 隔

• 隔壁gé bìnext door; neighbor
• 隔离gé líto separate; to isolate
• 隔阂gé hémisunderstanding; estrangement; (language etc) barrier
• 隔开gé kāito separate
• 隔绝gé juéto cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world)
• 隔音gé yīnsoundproofing
• 隔断gé duànpartition; to stand between; wall or fence serving as partition
• 隔膜gé módiaphragm (anatomy); distant (socially aloof); divided by lack of mutual comprehension
• 隔三差五gé sān chà wǔ(idiom) every few days; every once in a while
• 隔世gé shìseparated by a generation; a lifetime ago
• 隔夜gé yèovernight; of the previous day
• 隔热gé rèto insulate thermally; insulating (material, effect etc)
• 隔天gé tiānthe next day; on alternate days
• 隔山gé shān(old) (of a half-sibling) having the same mother but different father
• 隔板gé bǎndivider; partition
• 隔水gé shuǐ(old) (of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother
• 隔空gé kōngfrom a distance; through the air; remotely…
• 隔行gé hángto interlace; to interleave (computing)
• 隔都gé dōu(loanword) ghetto
• 隔间gé jiāncompartment; booth; cubicle
• 隔断板gé duàn bǎnpartition board
• 隔油池gé yóu chígrease trap
• 隔音符号gé yīn fú hàoapostrophe, as used in pinyin orthography…
• 隔行如隔山gé háng rú gé shāndifferent trades, worlds apart (idiom); to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book

Words containing 隔

• 间隔jiàn gégap; interval; compartment
• 相隔xiāng géseparated by (distance or time etc)
• 分隔fēn géto divide; to separate; partition
• 时隔shí géseparated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
• 与世隔绝yǔ shì gé juéto be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
• 阻隔zǔ géto separate; to cut off
• 恍如隔世huǎng rú gé shìlike a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago
• 中隔zhōng géseptum (anatomy)
• 区隔qū géto mark off; interval; segment (e.g. of market)
• 每隔měi géat intervals of; every (so often)
• 间隔号jiàn gé hàomiddle dot (·), a punctuation mark used in Chinese text to separate the parts of a…
• 光隔离器guāng gé lí qìopto-isolator (electronics)
• 严格隔离yán gé gé lírigorous isolation
• 生殖隔离shēng zhí gé lí(biology) reproductive isolation
• 种族隔离zhǒng zú gé líracial segregation; apartheid
• 间隔摄影jiàn gé shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 间隔重复jiàn gé chóng fùspaced repetition
• 碳隔离tàn gé lícarbon sequestration
• 横隔héng gétabula (horizontal floor of polyp)
• 伏隔核fú gé hénucleus accumbens (anatomy)
• 纵隔zòng gémediastinum (organs and tissues in the thorax between the lungs)
• 天地悬隔tiān dì xuán gélit. a gulf between heaven and earth (idiom); fig. wide difference of opinion
• 鼻中隔bí zhōng génasal septum
• 人心隔肚皮rén xīn gé dù píthere is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)

Characters built on 鬲

These share the phonetic component 鬲 (gé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 镉gécadmium (chemistry)
• 嗝géhiccup; belch
• 膈gé(anatomy) diaphragm
• 翮héquill
• 塥gédry clay lump

Characters that look like 隔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 描miáoto depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 骗piànto cheat; to swindle; to deceive
• 隘ài(bound form) narrow; (bound form) a defile; a narrow pass
• 缟gǎoplain white silk

Sounds the same

Read gé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 格square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 革animal hide; leather; to reform
• 阁pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 搁to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. gē
• 嗝hiccup; belch
• 葛kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 蛤(bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧
• 胳used in 胳肢
• 骼used in 骨骼
• 镉cadmium (chemistry)
• 膈(anatomy) diaphragm
• 鬲earthen pot; iron cauldron