HSK Guide

邻居鄰居 línjūneighbour

línjū (second tone, rising)lin2ju1

Traditional: 鄰居

neighbour

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Meanings

  1. neighbour

    The people who live next door — 邻 near plus 居 to dwell. It covers a household as readily as a person: 我的邻居 may be one man or the family upstairs.

    noun

Example sentences

  • 我的邻居是一位老师。我的鄰居是一位老師。 (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) línjū (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling) (second tone, rising) wèi (fourth tone, falling) lǎoshī. (third tone, dipping)···

    My neighbour is a teacher.

  • 我们和邻居的关系很好。我們和鄰居的關係很好。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) (second tone, rising) línjū (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) guānxi (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) hǎo. (third tone, dipping)···

    We get on well with our neighbours.