Chinese symbol for “isolate”
孤立
gū lì
to isolate; isolated; unrelated; irrelevant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for isolate is 孤立 (gū lì), defined as: to isolate; isolated; unrelated; irrelevant.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “isolate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隔绝 (隔絕) | gé jué | to cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world) |
| 割裂 | gē liè | to cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate |
| 隔离 (隔離) | gé lí | to separate; to isolate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孤立.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孤独 (孤獨) | gū dú | lonely; solitary |
| 孤儿 (孤兒) | gū ér | orphan |
| 孤单 (孤單) | gū dān | lone; lonely |
| 孤儿院 (孤兒院) | gū ér yuàn | orphanage; child asylum |
| 孤岛 (孤島) | gū dǎo | isolated island |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up |
| 成立 | chéng lì | to establish; to set up |
| 独立 (獨立) | dú lì | independent; independence |
See also: Japanese symbol for “isolate”.
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.