鄰 (leon4 | lin2) : neighbour; neighbourhood; neighbouring

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鄰

leon4

lin2

[1] [n] neighbour; neighbourhood; vicinity
[2] [adj] neighbouring; adjacent; nearby

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: (#163)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鄰 / 邻

This word has been viewed 5569 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Apr 2014 05:07

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鄰里 leon4 lei5 lin2 li3 = neighbourhood

鄰居 leon4 geoi1 lin2 ju1 = neighbour

鄰近 leon4 gan6 = neighborhood

毗鄰 pei4 leon4 pi2 lin2 = neighbouring

隔鄰 gaak3 leon4 = next-door neighbor

鄰邊 leon4 bin1 lin2 bian1 = adjacent side

以鄰為壑 ji5 leon4 wai6 kok3 yi3 lin2 wei2 he4 = use one's neighbour's field as a drain (shift one's troubles onto others)

隔籬鄰舍 gaak3 lei4 leon4 se3 = is close to (proximity), next door neighbor 粵

左鄰右里 zo2 leon4 jau6 lei5 = next door neighbours 粵

左鄰右舍 zo2 leon4 jau6 se3 zuo3 lin2 you4 she4 = next door neighbours
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 鄰
Unicode code for this character: U+9130 (off-site link)

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