粵

隔gaak3開hoi1

simp隔开
gaak3 hoi1gé kāi

English

  1. to separate
  2. to separate; to partition

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將兩樣嘢分開;將兩樣嘢彼此之間嘅距離擴大

Examples

  • 海洋不是将世界分隔开来,而是将世界连接起来

    Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 老師分配坐位嘅時候將男生同女生分隔開。

    The two genders are segregated by their seats, assigned by their teacher.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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