隔 (gaak3) — separate; divide; cut off; isolate in Cantonese
gaak˗₃隔
Mandarin Pinyin: ge2
Meaning of 隔
nounseparate; divide; cut off; isolate
nounbe apart/away from (in space or time)
noun(verb) isolate
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Example Sentences with 隔
keoiˏ₅佢zyuˍ₆住haiˊ²喺gaak˗₃隔leiˎ₄籬
He lives next door
佢坐喺我隔籬
He sits next to me
gaak˗₃隔leiˎ₄籬ukˉ¹屋houˊ²好couˎ₄嘈
My next-door neighbour is noisy
亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.
隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.
Words Containing 隔
隔籬gaak3 lei4
next door; neighbour [普]: 旁邊, 隔壁
間隔gaan3 gaak3
layout (格局)
隔壁gaak3 bik1
next door, neighbour [粵]: 隔籬
隔年gaak3 nin4
last year | Syn.: 去年 | Cant.: 舊年
種族隔離zung2 zuk6 gaak3 lei4
apartheid, racial segregation
隔夜飯gaak3 je6 faan6
leftovers from the night before
一海之隔jat1 hoi2 zi1 gaak3
within close proximity
隔音gaak3 jam1
sound insulation; soundproof
隔渣gaak3 zaa1
filter
除褲隔渣ceoi4 fu3 gaak3 zaa1
describes someone who has a miserly appearance
隔夜gaak3 je6
overnight (sometimes gaak3 je62)
隔離gaak3 lei4
isolation, segregation; apartheid, to quarantine, to close off
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