鄰家

Chinese

		neighbour; adjacent; close to	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (鄰家/隣家)		鄰/隣	家
simp. (邻家)		邻	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-ke / lîn-kee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línjia
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-chia¹
    • Yale: lín-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjia
    • Palladius: линьцзя (linʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: lèuhn gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ke
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linkef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kee
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lin kae

Rime
Character	鄰	家
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	力珍切	古牙切
Baxter	lin	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn/	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/liĕn/	/ka/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/	/ka/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan4	gaa1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*(mə.)rə[n]  kˤra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rin  kraː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鄰	家
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lín	jiā
Middle Chinese	‹ lin ›	‹ kæ ›
Old Chinese	/*(mə.)rə[n]/	/*kˁra/
English	group of 5 families; neighbor	household
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鄰	家
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8195	5919
Phonetic component	粦	家
Rime group	眞	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	㷠	嘉
Old Chinese	/*rin/	/*kraː/

Noun

鄰家

1. next-door family; next-door or close neighbor

   • 若處家得罪於家長，猶有鄰家所避逃之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     若处家得罪于家长，犹有邻家所避逃之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Ruò chùjiā dézuì yú jiācháng, yóu yǒu línjiā suǒ bìtáo zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)