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

HSK 3

他被隔离了十四天。

Tā bèi gélí le shísì tiān.

He was quarantined for fourteen days.

HSK 4

病人需要隔离治疗。

Bìngrén xūyào gélí zhìliáo.

The patient needs to be quarantined for treatment.

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