鄰居

See also: 邻居

Chinese

	neighbour; adjacent; close to	reside
trad. (鄰居/隣居)	鄰/隣	居
simp. (邻居)	邻	居
alternative forms	隣居／邻居

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): línjū

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): линҗү (linžü, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ geoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-kî
Jin (Wiktionary): ling¹ jy³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lîn-kir / lîn-ku / lîn-ki

(Teochew, Peng'im): ling⁵ ge¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línjū → línju (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩ → ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄩ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línjyů
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-chü⁵
  - Yale: lín-jyu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin.jiu
  - Palladius: линьцзюй (linʹczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/ → /lin³⁵ d͡ʑ̥y³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: линҗү (linžü, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²⁴ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴ geoi¹
  - Yale: lèuhn gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: lin^ˇ gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin² gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ ki²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ling¹ jy³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liŋ¹¹ t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kir
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-kir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² kɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ku
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linkw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ki
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linky
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ling⁵ ge¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîng kṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ³³/

Noun

鄰居

neighbor
你同鄰居熟唔熟㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你同邻居熟唔熟㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ tung⁴ leon⁴ geoi¹ suk⁶ m⁴ suk⁶ gaa³? [Jyutping]
Do you know your neighbours well?

中國有14個鄰居，包括阿富汗、印度、老撾、俄羅斯、越南等等。 [MSC, trad.]
中国有14个邻居，包括阿富汗、印度、老挝、俄罗斯、越南等等。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhōngguó yǒu shísì ge línjū, bāokuò Āfùhàn, Yìndù, Lǎowō, Éluósī, Yuènán děngděng. [Pinyin]
China has 14 neighbors such as Afghanistan, India, Laos, Russia, and Vietnam.

Synonyms

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比鄰 / 比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
鄰人 / 邻人 (línrén)
鄰比 / 邻比 (línbì) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 鄰居 (“neighbor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鄰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鄰居, 鄰舍, 鄰家
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	街坊, 隔壁兒, 鄰居
	Taiwan	鄰居, 街坊
	Malaysia	鄰居
	Singapore	鄰居
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	街坊, 鄰舍, 鄰舍家
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鄰家, 隔壁子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	隔壁鄰舍, 隔壁子
	Wuhan	街坊
	Guilin	鄰居
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	隔壁鄰居
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	鄰居
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鄰居
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	鄰居, 鄰家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鄰居, 隔籬鄰舍, 鄰舍, 隔籬, 街坊
	Hong Kong	鄰居, 隔籬鄰舍, 隔籬屋, 隔籬, 街坊
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	隔籬鄰舍
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	隔籬屋
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	隔籬屋
	Taishan	隔籬, 上屋, 下屋, 街坊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	隔籬鄰舍
	Yangjiang	隔籬屋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隔籬鄰舍
	Singapore (Guangfu)	隔籬鄰舍, 隔籬, 街坊
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	街坊
Gan	Nanchang	鄰舍
Hakka	Meixian	鄰舍
	Huiyang	鄰舍, 隔籬鄰舍
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鄰舍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屋邊頭尾, 屋邊
	Hong Kong	鄰舍, 隔籬鄰舍
	Senai (Huiyang)	鄰舍
Jin	Taiyuan	鄰居, 鄰家, 隔壁子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	厝邊, 厝邊仙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	厝邊, 同居, 同厝
Southern Min	Xiamen	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Quanzhou	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Jinjiang	厝邊
	Zhangzhou	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Zhao'an	厝邊仔
	Taipei	厝邊, 隔壁
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊隔壁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	隔壁
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Yilan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Yilan (Luodong)	厝邊, 厝邊仔, 隔壁
	Yilan (Toucheng)	厝邊, 厝邊仔, 隔壁
	Changhua (Lukang)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Changhua (Yongjing)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Taichung	厝邊, 厝邊隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Tainan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Tainan (Anping)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Hsinchu	厝邊, 隔壁
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kinmen	隔壁
	Penghu (Magong)	隔壁
	Penghu (Xiyu)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Penang (Hokkien)	隔壁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Manila (Hokkien)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Chaozhou	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Shantou	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Jieyang	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Haifeng	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	厝邊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	厝邊
	Singapore (Teochew)	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Pontianak (Teochew)	厝邊
	Wenchang	厝墘
	Haikou	厝墘儂, 厝邊儂
	Singapore (Hainanese)	厝墘
Wu	Shanghai	鄰舍, 鄰居, 隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍隔壁, 街坊, 鄉鄰 dated
	Suzhou	鄉鄰
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	鄰舍
	Wenzhou	鄰舍
Xiang	Changsha	鄰舍
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鄰舍

Related terms

近鄰／近邻 (jìnlín)