靠近

Chinese

		depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support	near; close (to); approximately
trad. (靠近)		靠	近
simp. #(靠近)		靠	近

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàojìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaau³ gan⁶ / kaau³ kan⁵

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘-kǔn / khò-kūn / khò-kīn / khò͘-kīrn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao³ geng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàojìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàojìn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao⁴-chin⁴
    • Yale: kàu-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kawjinn
    • Palladius: каоцзинь (kaoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaau³ gan⁶ / kaau³ kan⁵
    • Yale: kaau gahn / kaau káhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaau³ gan⁶ / kaau³ kan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kao³ gen⁶ / kao³ ken⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːu̯³³ kɐn²²/, /kʰaːu̯³³ kʰɐn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘-kǔn
    • Tâi-lô: khòo-kǔn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò-kūn
    • Tâi-lô: khò-kūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoirkun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ kun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò-kīn
    • Tâi-lô: khò-kīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoirkin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ kin²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘-kīrn
    • Tâi-lô: khòo-kīrn
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao³ geng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu kṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kɯŋ³⁵/

Verb

靠近

1. to approach; to come closer; to draw near

   請勿靠近。／请勿靠近。  ―  Qǐng wù kàojìn.  ―  Keep away.

2. to be close; to be near

Synonyms

• (to approach):

• 守 (shǒu)
• 挨 (āi)
• 挨著／挨着 (āizhe)
• 接觸／接触 (jiēchù)
• 搭倚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攏／拢 (lǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 攏邊／拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
• 沾
• 涉獵／涉猎 (shèliè)
• 湊／凑 (còu)
• 觸及／触及 (chùjí)
• 近前 (jìnqián) (literary)
• 靠攏／靠拢 (kàolǒng)

 

• (to be close):

• 倚近 (Hokkien)
• 傍依 (bàngyī)
• 傍邊／傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
• 向邇／向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
• 把 (colloquial)
• 挨近 (āijìn)
• 挨邊／挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 擦 (cā)
• 比鄰／比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
• 湊／凑 (còu)
• 瀕於／濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)
• 瀕臨／濒临 (bīnlín)
• 相鄰／相邻 (xiānglín)
• 臨近／临近 (línjìn)
• 親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 鄰近／邻近 (línjìn)
• 附 (fù)