隔壁
Old HSK 5
隔壁 (gébì) · next door
隔壁 (gébì) means “next door; neighbour”. It is written with 2 characters: 隔 (to separate) + 壁 (partition). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 隔壁 is built
The characters
隔 gé · to separate
What 隔 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 鬲gé — earthen pot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: 阝 gives the meaning, 鬲 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
壁 bì · partition
What 壁 is made of
- 辟pì — law
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 辛xīn — bitter
- 立lì — to stand
- 十 — ten
- 尸shī — body
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Example sentences
隔壁新搬来了一家人。Gébì xīn bān lái le yī jiā rén.A new family has moved in next door.
我的同学住在我家隔壁。Wǒ de tóngxué zhù zài wǒjiā gébì.My classmate lives next door to me.
Questions about 隔壁
What does 隔壁 mean?
隔壁 (gébì) means “next door; neighbour”.
How do you pronounce 隔壁?
隔壁 is pronounced gébì.
Which HSK level is 隔壁?
隔壁 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 隔开gékāito separate
- 隔阂géhéestrangement
- 隔离gélíto isolate
- 间隔jiàngéinterval
- 隔géto separate
- 悬崖峭壁xuányáqiàobìsheer cliffs and steep rocks
Learn 隔壁 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 32: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.