隔
gé HSK4

separate

隔 gé
separate verb
to separate, partition, or stand between objects or spaces

我们的座位隔着一个过道。

wǒ​men de zuò​wèi gé zhe yī gè guò​dào.

Our seats are separated by an aisle.

interval verb
at a distance from or occurring after a period of time

隔了几年，他又回到了故乡。

gé le jǐ nián, tā yòu huí​dào le gù​xiāng.

After several years, he returned to his hometown.

difference verb
referring to the state of being separated or having a distinction or boundary between entities.

这两代人之间总有一层无形的隔。

zhè liǎng dài rén zhī​jiān zǒng yǒu yī céng wú​xíng de gé.

There is always an invisible gap between these two generations.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,319th most common 93.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,339th most common 55.7 per million appears in 26% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
18.5 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
34.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+9694

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)