芳鄰

Chinese

		fragrant	neighbour; adjacent; close to
trad. (芳鄰/芳隣)		芳	鄰/隣
simp. (芳邻)		芳	邻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānglín

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ leon⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-lîn

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānglín
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanglín
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-lin²
    • Yale: fāng-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanglin
    • Palladius: фанлинь (fanlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ leon⁴
    • Yale: fōng lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hong-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²³/

---

• Middle Chinese: phjang lin

Rime
Character	芳	鄰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	敷方切	力珍切
Baxter	phjang	lin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋ/	/liɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋ/	/lin/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋ/	/ljen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋ/	/lin/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋ/	/liĕn/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋ/	/lĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋ/	/li̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	lan4

Noun

芳鄰

1. (literary) neighbors

   • 非謝家之寶樹，接孟氏之芳鄰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     非谢家之宝树，接孟氏之芳邻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 675, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》 (Tengwang Ge Xu)

     Fēi Xiè jiā zhī bǎoshù, jiē Mèng shì zhī fānglín. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)