鄰居

See also: 邻居

Chinese edit

	neighbour; adjacent; close to	reside
trad. (鄰居/隣居)	鄰/隣	居
simp. (邻居)	邻	居
alternative forms	隣居／邻居

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): línjū

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): линҗү (linžü, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ geoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-kî
Jin (Wiktionary): ling¹ jy³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lîn-kir / lîn-ku / lîn-ki

(Teochew, Peng'im): ling⁵ ge¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línjū → línju (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩ → ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄩ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línjyů
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-chü⁵
  - Yale: lín-jyu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin.jiu
  - Palladius: линьцзюй (linʹczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/ → /lin³⁵ d͡ʑ̥y³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: линҗү (linžü, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²⁴ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴ geoi¹
  - Yale: lèuhn gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: linˇ gi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin² gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lin¹¹ ki²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ling¹ jy³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /lĩŋ¹¹ t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kir
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-kir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² kɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ku
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linkw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ki
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linky
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ling⁵ ge¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîng kṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kɯ³³/

Noun edit

鄰居

neighbor
中國有14個鄰居，包括阿富汗、印度、老撾、俄羅斯、越南等等。 [MSC, trad.]
中国有14个邻居，包括阿富汗、印度、老挝、俄罗斯、越南等等。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhōngguó yǒu shísì ge línjū, bāokuò Āfùhàn, Yìndù, Lǎowō, Éluósī, Yuènán děngděng. [Pinyin]
China has 14 neighbors such as Afghanistan, India, Laos, Russia, and Vietnam.

Synonyms edit

比鄰／比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
鄰人／邻人 (línrén)
鄰比／邻比 (línbì) (literary)

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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鄰舍

Related terms edit

近鄰／近邻 (jìnlín)