Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 隔

to separate
to partition
to stand or lie between
at a distance from
after or at an interval of

to insulate thermally
insulating (material, effect etc)

overnight
of the previous day

separated by (distance or time etc)

mediastinum (organs and tissues in the thorax between the lungs)

septum (anatomy)

half-sibling relationship
brothers with different mother
step-

compartment
booth
cubicle
partitioned-off area

partition
partition board

separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)

partition
to stand between
wall or fence serving as partition

to separate
to isolate

ghetto (loanword)

to be separated
to be parted (literary)

to separate
to cut off

the next day
on alternate days

misunderstanding
estrangement
(language etc) barrier

to interlace
to interleave (computing)

see 隔天 (gétiān)

to separate

gap
interval
compartment
to divide
to separate
to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)

diaphragm (anatomy)
distant (socially aloof)
divided by lack of mutual comprehension
nonexpert

tabula (horizontal floor of polyp)

next door
neighbor

to divide
to separate
partition

soundproofing

separated by a generation
a lifetime ago

to mark off
interval
segment (e.g. of market)
compartment
segmentation

from a distance; through the air; remotely (esp. by means of telekinesis, magic, technology etc)

at intervals of
every (so often)

to cut off; to isolate
isolated (from the world)

divider; partition

nucleus accumbens (anatomy)

pre-makeup cream
makeup base
foundation primer

Chinese centered dot mark · (punct. used to separate Western names or words)

nasal septum

partition board

grease trap

carbon sequestration

diaphragm (anatomy)

jiàngéchóngfù

spaced repetition

huǎngrúgéshì

like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago

géniánhuánglì

lit. almanac from years back (idiom)
obsolete practice
old-fashioned principle

see 隔三差五／隔三差五 (gésānchàwǔ)

to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)

jiàngéshèyǐng

time-lapse photography

every few days (idiom)

yuǎngéqiānlǐ

thousands of miles away
far away

apostrophe, as used in pinyin orthography (i.e. to mark a boundary between two syllables, as in "dàng'àn" 檔案／档案 (dàng'àn))

gérècáiliào

insulation

géqiángyǒu'ěr

the walls have ears (idiom)

guānggélíqì

opto-isolator (electronics)

géhángsǎomiáo

interlaced scanning

tiānxuándìgé

see 天差地遠／天差地远 (tiānchādìyuǎn)

tiāndìxuángé

lit. a gulf between heaven and earth (idiom)
fig. wide difference of opinion

next-door neighbor

yīxiànzhīgé

a fine line
a fine distinction

walls have ears

gé'ànguānhuǒ

to watch the fires burning across the river
to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)

huǎngruògéshì

see 恍如隔世 (huǎngrúgéshì)

gékōnghǎnhuà

to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away
(fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online)

rigorous isolation

zhǒngzúgélí

racial segregation
apartheid

gébì Lǎo Wáng

Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)

géxuēsāoyǎng

lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom)
fig. beside the point
ineffectual

géhángrúgéshān

隔行如隔山

[隔行如隔山]

different trades, worlds apart (idiom); to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book

rénxīngédùpí

人心隔肚皮

[人心隔肚皮]

there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)

èryǎnghuàtàngélí

二氧化碳隔离

[二氧化碳隔離]

carbon sequestration
carbon dioxide sequestration

yīrìbùjiàn,rúgésānqiū

一日不见，如隔三秋

[一日不見，如隔三秋]

one day apart seems like three years (idiom)