隔籬鄰舍

Chinese

		separated by a fence; next door; the neighbors	neighbor; person next door
trad. (隔籬鄰舍/隔籬隣舍)		隔籬	鄰舍/隣舍
simp. (隔篱邻舍)		隔篱	邻舍

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ lei⁴ leon⁴ se³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ lei⁴ leon⁴ se³
    • Yale: gaak lèih lèuhn se
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ lei⁴ loen⁴ se³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ léi⁴ lên⁴ sé³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ lei̯²¹ lɵn²¹ sɛː³³/

Noun

隔籬鄰舍

1. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) neighbour

Usage notes

隔籬鄰舍／隔篱邻舍 usually refers to the immediate next-door neighbours, while 街坊 is a more general term referring to everyone who lives in the same neighbourhood. Compare to the difference between 厝邊／厝边 and 厝邊頭尾／厝边头尾 in Hokkien and Teochew.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鄰居 (“neighbor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鄰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鄰居, 鄰舍, 鄰家
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	街坊, 隔壁兒, 鄰居
	Taiwan	鄰居, 街坊
	Malaysia	鄰居
	Singapore	鄰居
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	街坊, 鄰舍, 鄰舍家
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鄰家, 隔壁子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	隔壁鄰舍, 隔壁子
	Wuhan	街坊
	Guilin	鄰居
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	隔壁鄰居
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	鄰居
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鄰居
	Hefei	鄰居, 鄰家
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
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	隔籬鄰舍
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	隔籬屋
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	隔籬屋
	Taishan	隔籬, 上屋, 下屋, 街坊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	隔籬鄰舍
	Yangjiang	隔籬屋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隔籬鄰舍
	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
	Huiyang	鄰舍, 隔籬鄰舍
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鄰舍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屋邊頭尾, 屋邊
	Hong Kong	鄰舍, 隔籬鄰舍
	Senai (Huiyang)	鄰舍
Jin	Taiyuan	鄰居, 鄰家, 隔壁子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	厝邊, 厝邊仙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	厝邊, 同居, 同厝
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
	Zhao'an	厝邊仔
	Taipei	厝邊, 隔壁
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊隔壁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	隔壁
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Yilan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Yilan (Luodong)	厝邊, 厝邊仔, 隔壁
	Yilan (Toucheng)	厝邊, 厝邊仔, 隔壁
	Changhua (Lukang)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Changhua (Yongjing)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Taichung	厝邊, 厝邊隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Tainan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Tainan (Anping)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Hsinchu	厝邊, 隔壁
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kinmen	隔壁
	Penghu (Magong)	隔壁
	Penghu (Xiyu)	厝邊, 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, 厝邊頭尾
	Haifeng	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	厝邊
	Johor Bahru (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
	Shuangfeng	鄰舍