鱗次櫛比

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Chinese

		to arrange close together	to place closely side by side
trad. (鱗次櫛比)		鱗次	櫛比
simp. (鳞次栉比)		鳞次	栉比
Literally: “parallelly lined up like fish scales and teeth of a comb”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líncìzhìbǐ, líncìjiébì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄘˋ ㄓˋ ㄅㄧˇ, ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄘˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ ci³ zit³ bei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líncìzhìbǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄘˋ ㄓˋ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: líncìhjhìhbǐ
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-tzʻŭ⁴-chih⁴-pi³
  - Yale: lín-tsz̀-jr̀-bǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lintsyhjyhbii
  - Palladius: линьцычжиби (linʹcyčžibi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líncìjiébì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄘˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: líncìhjiébì
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-tzʻŭ⁴-chieh²-pi⁴
  - Yale: lín-tsz̀-jyé-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lintsyhjyebih
  - Palladius: линьцыцзеби (linʹcyczebi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴ ci³ zit³ bei³
  - Yale: lèuhn chi jit bei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ tsi³ dzit⁸ bei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ qi³ jid³ béi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ t͡sʰiː³³ t͡siːt̚³ pei̯³³/

Idiom

鱗次櫛比

(usually of buildings) row upon row; tightly packed

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