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
隔阂
géhé
estrangement; barrier; gap
Characters in this word
阂 hé
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
- Made of
- 门 gate, door, entrance, opening 亥 12th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长期缺乏沟通，使管理层与一线员工之间形成了难以消除的隔阂。 Chángqī quēfá gōutōng, shǐ guǎnlǐcéng yǔ yīxiàn yuángōng zhījiān xíngchéng le nányǐ xiāochú de géhé. Long-term lack of communication created a hard-to-remove barrier between management and front-line employees.
- 误会越来越多，两家人之间有了隔阂。 Wùhuì yuè lái yuè duō, liǎng jiā rén zhījiān yǒu le géhé. Misunderstandings piled up, and a rift opened between the two families.
- 多聊聊天，才能消除代际之间的隔阂。 Duō liáoliao tiān, cáinéng xiāochú dàijì zhījiān de géhé. Only by chatting more can we remove the gap between generations.
Related words
- 隔 gé to be separated by
- 隔开 gékāi to separate
- 隔壁 gébì next door
- 间隔 jiàngé interval, gap; to separate
- 隔离 gélí to isolate; to separate; to quarantine
- 时隔 shígé after an interval of
- 勾结 gōujié to collude; to gang up with
- 恩怨 ēnyuàn gratitude and resentment; grievances
- 鼓动 gǔdòng to incite; to agitate
- 敌视 díshì to be hostile to; to regard with hostility
- 诡计 guǐjì trick; scheme
- 恶意 èyì malice; malicious intent