鄰 (leon4) — neighbour; neighbourhood; vicinity in Cantonese
leonˎ₄鄰简 邻
Mandarin Pinyin: lin2
Meaning of 鄰
nounneighbour; neighbourhood; vicinity
nounneighbouring; adjacent; nearby
Example Sentences with 鄰
keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係ngoˏ₅我leoiˎ₄鄰geoiˉ¹居
They are my neighbor.
leonˎ₄鄰leiˊ²里jiu˗₃要woˎ₄和mukˍ₆睦
Neighbors should live in harmony.
leonˎ₄鄰geoiˉ¹居wuˍ₆互soengˉ¹相bongˉ¹幫maang4.忙。
Neighbors help each other.
Words Containing 鄰
毗鄰pei4 leon4
neighbouring; adjacent to; border on
左鄰右舍zo2 leon4 jau6 se3
next door neighbours
鄰居leon4 geoi1
neighbour; neighbor | [粵]: 隔籬鄰舍, 同屋住
鄰邊leon4 bin1
adjacent side
鄰近leon4 gan6
neighborhood
隔鄰gaak3 leon4
next-door neighbor
鄰里leon4 lei5
neighbourhood; neighbours
以鄰為壑ji5 leon4 wai6 kok3
use one's neighbour's field as a drain (shift one's troubles onto others)
鄰避主義leon4 bei6 zyu2 ji6
nimbyism - Nimby (an acronym for "not in my back yard") is a pejorative characterization of opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development because it is close to them.
左鄰右里zo2 leon4 jau6 lei5
neighbours
隔籬鄰舍gaak3 lei4 leon4 se3
is close to (proximity), next door neighbor
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