隔开

隔開

gékāi

verb HSK 4

Meanings

HSK 3

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.

HSK 3

请把这些东西隔开放。

Qǐng bǎ zhèxiē dōngxi gékāi fàng.

Please put these things separately.

HSK 3

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.

grammar

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

隔 gé

开 kāi