隔开

• 拼音: gé kāi
• 汉字拆解: 隔 = 阝+ 鬲 — to separate; 开 = to open/spread apart — resulting in division

含义

To separate; to partition; to keep apart. The act of creating a physical division between things or people.

A verb-complement construction (隔 + 开) emphasising the result of separation. Used for physically dividing spaces, separating people, or partitioning areas. More action-oriented than 隔 alone, which can simply describe existing distance.

例句

1. 这道墙把两个房间隔开了。
2. 老师让吵架的两个学生隔开坐。
3. 用一块布把这个空间隔开吧。

用法指南

语境: spatial, practical

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 请把这两种东西隔开放。(Please keep these two things separated.)
• 一条河把两个村子隔开了。(A river separates the two villages.)

错误说法

• 把时间隔开 (Awkward — 隔开 is for physical separation; for spacing out time, say 把时间分开 or 隔一段时间)

起源与历史

隔 (to separate) + 开 (open/apart). A verb-complement construction meaning to move apart or partition into separate sections.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal