鱗次櫛比

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

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• 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

1. (usually of buildings) row upon row; tightly packed