隔 gé
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 鬲 earthen pot, iron cauldron
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
隔壁
gébì
next door
Characters in this word
壁 bì
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 辟 law, rule 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他住隔壁。 Tā zhù gébì. He lives next door.
- 隔壁很安静。 Gébì hěn ānjìng. It is very quiet next door.
- 我去隔壁。 Wǒ qù gébì. I am going next door.