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

HSK 4

他们之间有很大的隔阂。

Tāmen zhījiān yǒu hěn dà de géhé.

There is a great barrier between them.

HSK 6

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