厝邊

See also: 厝边

Chinese

		(Min) house; bury; to place (Min) house; bury; to place; dispose	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (厝邊)		厝	邊
simp. (厝边)		厝	边

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuòbiān

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧㄢ
Northern Min (KCR): chio̤̿-bíng
Eastern Min (BUC): chió-biĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhù-piⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): cu³ bin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuòbiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuòbian
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴-pien¹
  - Yale: tswò-byān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuohbian
  - Palladius: цобянь (cobjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chio̤̿-bíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɔ³³ piŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chió-biĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuo²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βieŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-piⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-pinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'pvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pĩ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ pĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cu³ bin¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshù piⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pĩ³³/

Noun

厝邊

(chiefly Min) neighbour
- 金厝邊　銀親戚　同心同德奔前程 [Teochew, trad.]
  金厝边　银亲戚　同心同德奔前程 [Teochew, simp.]
  From: 2014, 郑暹发 (Zheng Xianfa) (lyrics), 王庆苏 (Wang Qingsu) (music), 《金厝边银亲戚》
  gim¹ cu³ bin¹, ngeng⁵ cing¹ zian⁵, dang⁵ sim¹ dang⁵ dêg⁴ pung¹ zoin⁵ tian⁵ [Peng'im]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(chiefly Min) area around one's house

Usage notes

厝邊／厝边 usually refers to the immediate next-door neighbours, while 厝邊頭尾／厝边头尾 is a more general term referring to everyone who lives in the same neighbourhood. Compare to the difference between 隔籬鄰舍／隔篱邻舍 and 街坊 in Cantonese.

Synonyms

(neighbour):

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
	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