| gé | to separate/to stand or lie between/to divide/to cut off |
| 隔 | to separate to partition to stand or lie between |
| 隔三岔五 | proceeding by irregular steps |
| 隔三差五 | every now and then (idiom) |
| 隔世 | separated by a generation a lifetime ago |
| 隔代 | throwback |
| 隔代遗传 | reversion; atavism |
| 隔军事分界线 | military demarcation line MDL refers to Korean demilitarized zone DMZ |
| 隔别数载 | separated for several years |
| 隔墙 | partition; stopping; astillen; bulkhead; cofferdam; panel wall; bridge wall; separation wall; barricade; batardeau; dam; partition wall; flash wall |
| 隔墙有耳 | beware of eavesdroppers; Walls have ears.; Pitchers have ears. |
| 隔壁 | next door neighbor |
| 隔壁有耳 | walls have ears |
| 隔声 | sound insulation; sound isolation; acoustical insulation; noise isolation |
| 隔夜 | overnight of the previous day |
| 隔天 | two days later on alternate days |
| 隔层 | interlayer; inter layer; isolated layer |
| 隔山 | half-sibling relationship brothers with different mother step- |
| 隔岸相望 | to face each other across the river 2.People on either shore can see the houses and field on the other side. |
| 隔岸观火 | to watch the fires burning across the river to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) |
| 隔年 | in the following year; in the year following |