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
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khau-jin₆

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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵khau-jin₆
  - MiniDict: khau^去 jin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khau-jjin₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɔ³³ d͡ʑin⁴⁴/

Verb

靠近

to approach; to come closer; to draw near
請勿靠近。／请勿靠近。 ― Qǐng wù kàojìn. ― Keep away.
to be close; to be near

Synonyms

(to approach):

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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):

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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)
近倚 (Hokkien)
鄰近 / 邻近 (línjìn)
附 (fù)