HSK 6 · Adjectives

孤立 gūlì “isolated” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 孤立 means

  1. isolated
  2. to isolate
  3. unrelated
  4. irrelevant

How to say 孤立

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale孤gū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale立lì4th tone, falling

孤立 in a sentence

  1. 好几间小屋被洪水孤立起来了。

    Hǎojǐ jiān xiǎowū bèi hóngshuǐ gūlì qǐlai le.

    Several cottages have been cut off by the floodwater.

    Sentence #847808 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 孤立 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 孤 (gū) with each of its parts in a different colour
孤gūlone
  • 子child · zǐMeaning part
  • 瓜melon · guāSound part

子 hints at the meaning (child); 瓜 (guā) hints at the sound. Compare it with gū.

The character 立 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
立lìto stand
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī

How to write 孤立

孤 8 strokes · 立 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 孤立

Words with 孤

孤独gūdú · lonely

Words with 立

立即lìjí · immediately立刻lìkè · immediately成立chénglì · to establish建立jiànlì · to establish独立dúlì · independent立足lìzú · to gain a foothold确立quèlì · to establish设立shèlì · to set up树立shùlì · to establish立体lìtǐ · three-dimensional

More words: Adjectives

恭敬gōngjìng · respectful公正gōngzhèng · fair广阔guǎngkuò · vast古怪gǔguài · strange过度guòdù · excessive果断guǒduàn · decisive固有gùyǒu · inherent固执gùzhí · stubborn

FAQs

孤立 (gūlì) means “isolated” or “to isolate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gūlì: gū with a 1st tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 孤立 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 孤立 from the suggestions. Typing guli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
孤立 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.