分隔

fēngé

verb #19,886

Meanings

1 to divide
2 to separate
3 to partition

Characters

to divide; to separate

to separate; to partition

Examples

一堵墙把两个房间分隔开了。

Yī dǔ qiáng bǎ liǎng ge fángjiān fēngé kāi le.

A wall separates the two rooms.

他们被分隔在两个城市。

Tāmen bèi fēngé zài liǎng ge chéngshì.

They were separated in two different cities.

Tips

usage

分隔 emphasizes physical separation or partition. Compare with 分开 (fēnkāi, to part/separate) which is more general, and 隔离 (gélí, to isolate) which implies quarantine or complete isolation.

Stroke Order

分 fēn

隔 gé