比鄰

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 比鄰. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 比鄰, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 比鄰 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 比鄰 you have here. The definition of the word 比鄰 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of比鄰, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 比邻

Chinese

side by side; compare; to gesture
side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
 
neighbour; adjacent; close to
trad. (比鄰/比隣) /
simp. (比邻)
alternative forms 比隣比邻
anagram 鄰比邻比

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 3/5 4/5 1/1
Initial () (3) (1) (37)
Final () (15) (15) (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjijH pjijH lin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biɪH/ /piɪH/ /liɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/biH/ /piH/ /lin/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjɪH/ /pjɪH/ /ljen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/biH/ /piH/ /lin/
Li
Rong
/biH/ /piH/ /liĕn/
Wang
Li
/biH/ /piH/ /lĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱiH/ /piH/ /li̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bei6 bei3 lan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lín
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjijH › ‹ lin ›
Old
Chinese
/*pij-s/ /*(mə.)rə/
English combine; all group of 5 families; neighbor

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 4/5 2/5 1/1
No. 542 521 8195
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bis/ /*pis/ /*rin/

Noun

比鄰

  1. (literary) neighbor
  2. vicinage

Synonyms

Verb

比鄰

  1. (literary) to be near; to be close; to be next to

Synonyms

Derived terms