強鄰

Chinese

		strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	neighbour; adjacent; close to
trad. (強鄰/強隣)		強	鄰/隣
simp. (强邻)		强	邻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánglín

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁴ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánglín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánglín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-lin²
    • Yale: chyáng-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanglin
    • Palladius: цянлинь (cjanlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: koeng⁴ leon⁴
    • Yale: kèuhng lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁴ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁴ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ²¹ lɵn²¹/

Noun

強鄰

1. formidable neighboring territory
   • 1917 January 9, “近視佬睇飛機（二續）”, in 大漢公報 [The Chinese Times], page 9:

     確實巧妙出群、可與强鄰比美 [Cantonese, trad.]
     确实巧妙出群、可与强邻比美 [Cantonese, simp.]

     kok³ sat⁶ haau² miu⁶ ceot¹ kwan⁴, ho² jyu⁵ koeng⁴ leon⁴ bei² mei⁵ [Jyutping]

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