隔 – vocab dash

隔gé

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Meanings

1. to separate

2. to partition

3. to stand or lie between

4. at a distance from

5. after or at an interval of

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广东Guǎngdōng与yǔ广西Guǎngxī之zhī间jiān隔gé着zhe什么shénme？

What separates Guangdong from Guangxi?

他们tāmen之zhī间jiān隔gé着zhe很hěn远yuǎn的de距离jùlí。

They are separated by a great distance.

我们wǒmen是shì隔gé着zhe墙qiáng的de邻居línjū。

We're next-door neighbors.

我wǒ的de家jiā与yǔ他tā的de隔gé着zhe一yī条tiáo江jiāng。

My home is separated from his by a river.

这zhè间jiān教室jiàoshì与yǔ那nà间jiān隔gé着zhe一yī堵dǔ墙qiáng。

This classroom is separated from that one by a wall.

一yī日rì不见bùjiàn如rú隔gé三sān秋qiū。

One day apart seems like a separation of three years.