隔开

隔開

gékāi

verb HSK 4

Meanings

1 to separate
2 to set apart
3 to keep apart

Characters

to separate; to partition

Examples

用一面墙把两个房间隔开。

Yòng yī miàn qiáng bǎ liǎng gè fángjiān gékāi.

Separate the two rooms with a wall.

请把这些东西隔开放。

Qǐng bǎ zhèxiē dōngxi gékāi fàng.

Please put these things separately.

两个国家被一条河隔开了。

Liǎng gè guójiā bèi yī tiáo hé gékāi le.

The two countries are separated by a river.

Tips

grammar

开 here serves as a resultative complement meaning 'apart'. Compare: 分开 (fēnkāi, to split apart), 拉开 (lākāi, to pull apart).

Stroke Order

隔 gé

开 kāi