隔 (gaak3 | ge2) : separate; divide; cut off

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隔

gaak3

ge2

[1] separate; divide; cut off; isolate
[2] be apart/away from (in space or time)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

隔

This word has been viewed 8433 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Jan 2011 08:14

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隔籬 gaak3 lei4 = next door; neighbour 粵

隔夜 gaak3 je6 = overnight

隔離 gaak3 lei4 = to isolate, to separate; isolation

間隔 gaan3 gaak3 jian4 ge2 = compartment; gap; space; interval (of time)

隔月 gaak3 jyut6 ge2 yue4 = every other month

隔天 gaak3 tin1 ge2 tian1 = every other day 國

隔日 gaak3 jat6 ge2 ri4 = every other day

隔年 gaak3 nin4 ge2 nian2 = every other year

隔週 gaak3 zau1 ge2 zhou1 = every other week 國

相隔 soeng1 gaak3 xiang1 ge2 = be separated by (distance or time, etc)
See all 41 compounds (CantoDict reports 40 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 8 examples containing 隔

我剛在隔壁國
I was next door just now.
[Lit. Just now at next-door]

佢住喺隔籬粵
He lives next door

佢坐喺我隔籬粵
He sits next to me

隔籬屋好嘈粵
My next-door neighbour is noisy

用個筲箕隔咗D水! 粵
Use a colander to drain off the water!
[You can also simply say "隔咗D水", without specifying what's to be used.]

亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。粵
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137957,137958#msg-137958]

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

佢住喺座山度，不知幾咁隔涉，連車都行唔到粵
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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