鄰居

鄰居

See also: 邻居

Chinese

		neighbor; adjacent; close to	reside
trad. (鄰居)		鄰	居
simp. (邻居)		邻	居
variant forms		隣居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): línjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): линҗү (linžy, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ geoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-kî
• Min Nan (POJ): lîn-kir / lîn-ku / lîn-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: línjū → línju (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩ → ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄩ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin.jiu
    • IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/ → /lin³⁵ d͡ʑ̥y³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: линҗү (linžy, I-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /lĩ²⁴ t͡ɕyː⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ geoi¹
    • Yale: lèuhn gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ gêu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: linˇ gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lin² gi¹
    • IPA: /lin¹¹ ki²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

Noun

鄰居

1. neighbour

   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 neighbours, including Afghanistan, India, Laos, Russia, Vietnam, etc.

Synonyms

• (literary) 比鄰／比邻 (bǐlín)
• (literary) 鄰比／邻比 (línbì)

Dialectal synonyms of 鄰居 (“neighbor”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鄰居, 鄰家, 鄰舍, 街坊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鄰居
Mandarin	Beijing	街坊, 鄰居
	Taiwan	鄰居, 街坊
	Jinan	街坊, 鄰舍, 鄰舍家
	Xi'an	鄰家, 隔壁子
	Wuhan	街坊
	Chengdu	隔壁鄰舍, 隔壁子
	Yangzhou	鄰居
	Hefei	鄰居, 鄰家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鄰居, 隔籬鄰舍, 隔籬, 街坊
	Hong Kong	鄰居, 隔籬鄰舍, 隔籬, 街坊
	Taishan	隔籬, 上屋, 下屋, 街坊
Gan	Nanchang	鄰舍
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Dongshi (Dabu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	屋邊頭尾, 屋邊, 近鄰
Jin	Taiyuan	鄰家, 隔壁子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	厝邊仙
Min Dong	Fuzhou	厝邊, 同居
Min Nan	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
	Zhangzhou	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Taipei	隔壁
	Kaohsiung	厝邊, 隔壁
	Tainan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Taichung	厝邊, 厝邊隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Hsinchu	厝邊, 隔壁
	Lukang	厝邊, 隔壁
	Sanxia	隔壁
	Yilan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kinmen	隔壁
	Magong	隔壁
	Penang	隔壁
	Philippines (Manila)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Chaozhou	厝邊
Wu	Suzhou	鄉鄰
	Wenzhou	鄰舍
Xiang	Changsha	鄰舍
	Shuangfeng	鄰舍