隔
Meanings
- to separate
- to partition
- to stand or lie between
- at a distance from
- after or at an interval of
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- 隔
- gé · separate, partition
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2 · ge2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaak3 · gik1
Cantonese word readings for 隔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to separate; to partition
- to block; to obstruct
- (in compounds) next; following; subsequent
- (in compounds) alternating
- to block; to obstruct
- (Cantonese, Min) (in compounds) previous
- (Hakka) to pull something apart (with one's hand)
- (Hokkien) to be separated by; to be apart; to be away from (a place)
- (Hokkien) to separated by a certain amount of time; to leave a gap of (a time period)
- (Hokkien) to sever; to split; to separate
- (Mainland China Hokkien) partition inside a container
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