相隔

xiānggé

verb #14,247

Meanings

1 to be separated by
2 to be apart

Characters

mutually; each other

to separate; to partition

Examples

HSK 3

两座城市相隔五百公里。

Liǎng zuò chéngshì xiānggé wǔbǎi gōnglǐ.

The two cities are 500 kilometers apart.

HSK 7-9

虽然相隔万里，他们的友谊从未改变。

Suīrán xiānggé wànlǐ, tāmen de yǒuyì cóngwèi gǎibiàn.

Although separated by thousands of miles, their friendship never changed.

Tips

grammar

相隔 is followed by the distance or time that separates: 相隔十年 (ten years apart), 相隔千里 (a thousand miles apart).

Stroke Order

相 xiāng

隔 gé