孤 gū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
孤立
gūlì
isolated; to isolate
Characters in this word
立 lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 如果某项改革把弱势群体进一步孤立，它的公平性就值得质疑。 Rúguǒ mǒu xiàng gǎigé bǎ ruòshì qúntǐ jìnyíbù gūlì, tā de gōngpíngxìng jiù zhídé zhìyí. If a reform further isolates vulnerable groups, its fairness deserves to be questioned.
- 那个新同学被大家孤立了，没人愿意和他说话。 Nà ge xīn tóngxué bèi dàjiā gūlì le, méi rén yuànyì hé tā shuōhuà. The new classmate was shut out by everyone; nobody wanted to talk to him.
- 小岛远离大陆，长期处于孤立的状态。 Xiǎodǎo yuǎnlí dàlù, chángqī chǔyú gūlì de zhuàngtài. The small island is far from the mainland and has long been isolated.