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隔壁 meaning in English

gébì

next door; neighbor

HSK 5noun28 strokes

Meaning of 隔壁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gébì
  1. next door
  2. neighbor

How to use 隔壁

隔壁 works like a place word for the room, apartment, or house right next to yours. It often comes before a noun to describe people or things there. Example: 隔壁的邻居很友好。(Gébì de línjū hěn yǒuhǎo.) The neighbors next door are very friendly.

隔 (gé) means to separate, as in 隔开 (gékāi), and 壁 (bì) means wall, as in 墙壁 (qiángbì). The place separated from you by only a wall is next door.

Common mistake: Learners often write 壁 (bì, wall) as 璧 (bì, jade disc), which has 玉 at the bottom instead of 土. Also keep 隔 in the second tone, gé, and do not read it as gè.

隔壁 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

隔gé壁bì家jiā的de狗gǒu很hěn是shì危wēi险xiǎn。
The dog next door is dangerous.
隔gé壁bì桌zhuō的de对duì话huà吸xī引yǐn了le我wǒ的de注zhù意yì。
My attention was grabbed by a conversation at the neighbouring table.
隔gé壁bì家jiā的de姐jiě姐jiě的de孩hái子zi都dōu7岁suì大dà了le。
The child of the lady next door is already seven years old.
住zhù在zài隔gé壁bì的de男nán孩hái常cháng常cháng很hěn晚wǎn回huí来lái。
The boy who lives next door often comes home late.
那nà是shì住zhù在zài隔gé壁bì的de男nán人rén。
That's the man who lives next door.

Stroke order for each character

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隔 gé · to separate · 12 strokes

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壁 bì · partition · 16 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 隔壁.

隔开gékāito separate
墙壁qiángbìwall
隔离gélíto separate; to isolate
壁画bìhuàmural (painting); fresco
间隔jiàngégap; interval
隔阂géhémisunderstanding; estrangement
戈壁gēbìGobi (desert)
时隔shí géseparated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
每隔měigéat intervals of; every (so often)
壁橱bìchúa built-in wardrobe or cupboard; closet
壁炉bìlúfireplace
隔天gétiānthe next day; on alternate days

Questions about 隔壁

What does 隔壁 mean?

隔壁 (gébì) means "next door; neighbor" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 隔壁?

隔壁 is made of 2 characters: 隔 (12 strokes), 壁 (16 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.

Is 隔壁 an HSK word?

Yes. 隔壁 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

Can 隔壁 mean a person, like neighbor?

Yes. In casual speech 隔壁 can refer to the people next door, as in 隔壁又在装修 (gébì yòu zài zhuāngxiū), the people next door are renovating again. For a general word for neighbor, 邻居 (línjū) is more common.

How do I say I live next door?

Say 我住在隔壁 (wǒ zhù zài gébì). You can also say 我就住在你隔壁 (wǒ jiù zhù zài nǐ gébì), I live right next door to you.

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