隔离

隔離

gélí

verb HSK 7-9 #3,642

Meanings

1 to isolate
2 to quarantine
3 to segregate

Characters

to leave; apart

Examples

病人需要隔离治疗。

Bìngrén xūyào gélí zhìliáo.

The patient needs to be quarantined for treatment.

他被隔离了十四天。

Tā bèi gélí le shísì tiān.

He was quarantined for fourteen days.

Tips

usage

隔离 is used for medical quarantine (隔离观察), social segregation (种族隔离), and physical separation (隔离带 = barrier strip).

Stroke Order

隔 gé

离 lí