分隔 (fēn gé) — to separate, to divide | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to separateto divide

分隔。
Zhè dǔ qiáng bǎ fáng jiān fēn gé chéng liǎng gè bù fen.
This wall divides the room into two parts.
分隔。
Tā men yòng yí dào lí ba fēn gé le huā yuán hé cài dì.
They separated the garden and the vegetable patch with a fence.
分隔。
Zhè tiáo gāo sù gōng lù fēn gé le chéng shì hé jiāo qū.
This highway separates the city and the suburbs.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

分fēnseparate

隔géisolate

分 and 隔 both mean separate, reinforcing the idea of dividing.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八刀分

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

阝鬲隔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fùwall

Sound part声符shēngfú

鬲

鬲gé隔gé

Same sound today

隔 puts 阝, a wall, with 鬲, which gives the sound gé, to show separating with a wall.

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