隔阂

隔閡

géhé

noun HSK 7-9 #16,657

Measure Word

一层隔阂 céng

Meanings

1 estrangement
2 misunderstanding
3 barrier between people

Characters

to separate; to partition

obstruction; barrier

Examples

他们之间有很大的隔阂。

Tāmen zhījiān yǒu hěn dà de géhé.

There is a great barrier between them.

消除文化隔阂需要时间。

Xiāochú wénhuà géhé xūyào shíjiān.

Eliminating cultural barriers takes time.

Tips

usage

隔阂 refers specifically to emotional or psychological distance between people, not physical barriers. Common collocations: 消除隔阂, 产生隔阂.

Stroke Order

隔 gé

阂 hé