HSK 6 · Emotions

隔阂 géhé “estrangement” in Chinese

Traditional 隔閡

What 隔阂 means

  1. estrangement
  2. barrier (between people)
  3. misunderstanding
  4. (language etc) barrier

How to say 隔阂

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale隔gé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale阂hé2nd tone, rising

隔阂 in a sentence

  1. 多年不联系，他们之间产生了隔阂。

    Duōnián bù liánxì, tāmen zhījiān chǎnshēng le géhé.

    After years without contact, a distance grew between them.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 多沟通可以消除误会和隔阂。

    Duō gōutōng kěyǐ xiāochú wùhuì hé géhé.

    Talking more can clear up misunderstandings and barriers.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 隔阂 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 隔 (gé) with each of its parts in a different colour
隔géto separate
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 鬲cauldron · géSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 鬲 (gé) hints at the sound. Compare it with gé.

The character 阂 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
阂héobstruct
  • 门gate · ménMeaning part
  • 亥part of the characterSound part

How to write 隔阂

隔 12 strokes · 阂 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

隔阂 (géhé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 隔阂 (géhé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 隔阂

Words with 隔

隔壁gébì · next door间隔jiàngé · interval隔离gélí · to isolate

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FAQs

隔阂 (géhé) means “estrangement” or “barrier (between people)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it géhé: gé with a 2nd tone, then hé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 隔阂 is written 隔閡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gehe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 隔阂 from the suggestions. Typing gehe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
隔阂 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.