隔籬鄰舍

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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


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.

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