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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gé | ge2
English translation
to separate
to partition
to stand or lie between
at a distance from
after or at an interval of
to separate, to partition, to divide

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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wall

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

阝鬲

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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huà láng Zhōng 幅画 de 间隔 jiàngé 安排 ānpái hěn hǎo .

The pictures in the gallery were well spaced out.

zhāo 花园 huā yuán 篱笆 lí ba 邻居 línjū liáo le hěn jiǔ .

She had a good gossip with a neighbour over the garden fence.

这些 zhè xiē X 框架 kuàngjià fàng jìn 这些 zhè xiē 箱体, jiù Chéng le héng Liáng .

With the X - frames projecting into the boxes, the transverse diaphragms were formed.

雷声 léi shēng 一次 yī cì 一次 yī cì jiǔ , zhè 意味着 yìwèizhe 暴风雨 bào fēng yǔ zhēng zài 过去 guòqu .

The increasing distance between thunderclaps meant the storm was moving away.

zhèn zhèn 之间 zhī jiān 相隔 xiāng gé 英里 Yīng lǐ .

There is a gap of five miles between towns.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to separate
隔壁 gébì next door隔壁 gébì
隔离 gélí to separate隔離
间隔 jiàngé gap間隔
相隔 xiāng gé separated by (distance or time etc)相隔 xiāng gé
时隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)時隔
隔夜 gé yè overnight隔夜 gé yè
隔音 gé yīn soundproofing隔音 gé yīn
隔阂 géhé misunderstanding隔閡
分隔 fēn gé to divide分隔 fēn gé
隔绝 gé jué disconnected隔絕
隔间 gé jiān booth隔間
与世隔绝 yǔ shì gé jué to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)與世隔絕
隔热 gé rè to insulate thermally隔熱
阻隔 zǔ gé to separate阻隔 zǔ gé
隔膜 gé mó diaphragm (anatomy)隔膜 gé mó
隔断 gé duàn partition隔斷
隔开 gé kāi to separate隔開
隔日 gé rì the next day隔日 gé rì
隔天 gé tiān the next day隔天 gé tiān
隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ every few days (idiom)隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ
恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì as if it were a lifetime ago恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì
种族隔离 zhǒng zú gé lí apartheid種族隔離

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Decomposition

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