Chinese symbol for “diaphragm”
隔膜
gé mó
diaphragm (anatomy); distant (socially aloof); divided by lack of mutual comprehension; nonexpert
The closest CC-CEDICT match for diaphragm is 隔膜 (gé mó), defined as: diaphragm (anatomy); distant (socially aloof); divided by lack of mutual comprehension; nonexpert.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “diaphragm”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 膈 | gé | (anatomy) diaphragm |
| 膈膜 | gé mó | diaphragm (anatomy) |
| 横膈膜 (橫膈膜) | héng gé mó | (anatomy) diaphragm |
| 光圈 | guāng quān | aperture; diaphragm |
| 横膈 (橫膈) | héng gé | diaphragm |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 隔膜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隔离 (隔離) | gé lí | to separate; to isolate |
| 隔壁 | gé bì | next door; neighbor |
| 间隔 (間隔) | jiàn gé | gap; interval |
| 时隔 (時隔) | shí gé | separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) |
| 隔绝 (隔絕) | gé jué | to cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world) |
| 分隔 | fēn gé | to divide; to separate |
| 面膜 | miàn mó | facial mask; cleanser |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film |
See also: Japanese symbol for “diaphragm”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.