隔 gaak³ {gé}

(verb) isolate

隔 gaak³ {gé}

1. to separate
2. to partition
3. to stand or lie between
4. at a distance from
5. after or at an interval of

隔來〔-来〕 gaak³ lei⁴ {gé lái}

beside;next to; next door (neighbour)

隔篱 gaak³ lei⁴ {gé lí}

beside;next to; next door (neighbour)

隔籬〔-篱〕 gaak³ lei⁴ {gé lí}

(noun) next door neighbour; (preposition) nearby; beside

隔離〔-离〕 gaak³ lei⁴ {gé lí}

(noun) Neighbour

隔鄰〔-邻〕 gaak³ leon⁴ {gé lín}

next door neighbor

隔涉 gaak³ sip³ {gé shè}

desolate;out of the way; remote; secluded; in a location that is hard to get to

隔渣 gaak³ zaa¹ {gé zhā}

to filter / strain off the residues; describes someone who is very stingy

隔壁 gaak³ bik¹ {gé bì}

1. next door
2. neighbor

隔都 gaak³ dou¹ {gé dōu}

ghetto (loanword)

隔斷〔-断〕 gaak³ dyun⁶ {gé duàn}

1. partition
2. to stand between
3. wall or fence serving as partition

隔間〔-间〕 gaak³ gaan³ {gé jiān}

1. compartment
2. booth
3. cubicle
4. partitioned-off area

隔閡〔-阂〕 gaak³ hat⁶ {gé hé}

estrangement

隔開〔-开〕 gaak³ hoi¹ {gé kāi}

to separate

隔行 gaak³ hong⁴ {gé háng}

1. to interlace
2. to interleave (computing)

隔音 gaak³ jam¹ {gé yīn}

sound-proofing

隔夜 gaak³ je⁶ {gé yè}

1. overnight
2. of the previous day

隔熱〔-热〕 gaak³ jit⁶ {gé rè}

to insulate

隔離〔-离〕 gaak³ lei⁴ {gé lí}

1. to separate
2. to isolate

隔膜 gaak³ mok² {gé mó}

1. diaphragm (anatomy)
2. distant (socially aloof)
3. divided by lack of mutual comprehension
4. nonexpert

隔山 gaak³ saan¹ {gé shān}

1. half-sibling relationship
2. brothers with different mother
3. step-

隔世 gaak³ sai³ {gé shì}

1. separated by a generation
2. a lifetime ago

隔扇 gaak³ sin³ {gé shan}

1. partition
2. partition board

隔天 gaak³ tin¹ {gé tiān}

1. the next day
2. on alternate days

隔絕〔-绝〕 gaak³ zyut³ {gé jué}

1. isolated (from the world)
2. disconnected

隔夜茶 gaak³ je⁶ caa⁴ {gé yè chá}

tea left out overnight

隔夜飯〔--饭〕 gaak³ je⁶ faan⁶ {gé yè fàn}

 leftovers food from the night before

隔夜仇 gaak³ je⁶ sau⁴ {gé yè chóu}

schisms

隔斷板〔-断-〕 gaak³ dyun⁶ baan² {gé duàn bǎn}

partition board

隔油池 gaak³ jau⁴ ci⁴ {gé yóu chí}

grease trap

隔離霜〔-离-〕 gaak³ lei⁴ soeng¹ {gé lí shuāng}

1. pre-makeup cream
2. makeup base
3. foundation primer

隔籬飯香〔-篱饭-〕 gaak³ lei⁴ faan⁶ hoeng¹ {gé lí fàn xiāng}

"the grass is always greener" (idiom)

隔籬鄰舍〔-篱邻-〕 gaak³ lei⁴ leon⁴ se³ {gé lí lín shè}

neighbours (spoken)

隔山買牛〔--买-〕 gaak³ saan¹ maai⁵ ngau⁴ {gé shān mǎi niú}

to commit to something without understanding it fully

隔壁有耳 gaak³ bik¹ jau⁵ ji⁵ {gé bì yǒu ěr}

walls have ears

隔牆有耳〔-墙--〕 gaak³ coeng⁴ jau⁵ ji⁵ {gé qiáng yǒu ěr}

the walls have ears (idiom)

隔靴搔癢〔---痒〕 gaak³ hoe¹ sou¹ joeng⁵ {gé xuē sāo yǎng}

to completely miss the main point of a topic or argument (idiom)

隔行掃描〔--扫-〕 gaak³ hong⁴ sou³ miu⁴ {gé háng sǎo miáo}

interlaced scanning

隔熱材料〔-热--〕 gaak³ jit⁶ coi⁴ liu² {gé rè cái liào}

insulation

隔岸觀火〔--观-〕 gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo² {gé àn guān huǒ}

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

隔年皇曆〔---历〕 gaak³ nin⁴ wong⁴ lik⁶ {gé nián huáng lì}

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

隔三差五 gaak³ saam¹ caa¹ ng⁵ {gé sān chà wǔ}

every few days (idiom)

隔夜油炸鬼 gaak³ je⁶ jau⁴ zaa³ gwai² {gé yè yóu zhá guǐ}

a boring person (slang)

隔行如隔山 gaak³ hong⁴ jyu⁴ gaak³ saan¹ {gé háng rú gé shān}

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

隔軍事分界線〔-军---线〕 gaak³ gwan¹ si⁶ fan¹ gaai³ sin³ {gé jūn shì fēn jiè xiàn}

1. military demarcation line MDL
2. refers to Korean demilitarized zone DMZ