厝邊頭尾

Chinese

		neighbour; area around one's house	head and tail parts; beginning and end; details of a matter
trad. (厝邊頭尾)		厝邊	頭尾
simp. (厝边头尾)		厝边	头尾

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhù-piⁿ-thâu-bé / chhù-piⁿ-thâu-bér / chhù-piⁿ-thâu-bóe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cu³ bin¹ tao⁵ bhuê²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-piⁿ-thâu-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-pinn-thâu-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'pvi'tau'bea
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴² pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-piⁿ-thâu-bér
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-pinn-thâu-bér
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴² pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pĩ³³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taichung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-piⁿ-thâu-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-pinn-thâu-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'pvi'tau'boea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴² pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cu³ bin¹ tao⁵ bhuê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshù piⁿ thâu bué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pĩ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bue⁵²/

Noun

厝邊頭尾

1. (Southern Min) neighbor

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

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, 隔壁兒, 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
	Guilin	鄰居
	Yangzhou	鄰居
	Hefei	鄰居, 鄰家
	Malaysia	鄰居
	Singapore	鄰居
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	隔壁鄰居
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	鄰居
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
	Taishan	隔籬, 上屋, 下屋, 街坊
	Yangjiang	隔籬屋
	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
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屋邊頭尾, 屋邊, 近鄰
Jin	Taiyuan	鄰家, 隔壁子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	厝邊, 厝邊仙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	厝邊, 同居
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
	Taipei	厝邊, 隔壁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	隔壁
	Kaohsiung	厝邊, 隔壁
	Yilan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Changhua (Lukang)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Taichung	厝邊, 厝邊隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Tainan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Hsinchu	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kinmen	隔壁
	Penghu (Magong)	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
	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
	Shuangfeng	鄰舍