鄰家

Chinese

		neighbour; adjacent; close to	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (鄰家/隣家)		鄰/隣	家
simp. (邻家)		邻	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ gaa¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ling¹ jia¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-ke / lîn-kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línjia
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-chia¹
  - Yale: lín-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjia
  - Palladius: линьцзя (linʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: lèuhn gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ling¹ jia¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liŋ¹¹ t͡ɕia¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ke
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linkef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kee
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: lin kae

Rime
Character	鄰	家
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	力珍切	古牙切
Baxter	lin	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn/	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/liĕn/	/ka/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/	/ka/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan⁴	gaa¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*(mə.)rə[n] kˤra/

(Zhengzhang): /*rin kraː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鄰	家
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lín	jiā
Middle Chinese	‹ lin ›	‹ kæ ›
Old Chinese	/*(mə.)rə[n]/	/*kˁra/
English	group of 5 families; neighbor	household
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	鄰	家
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8195	5919
Phonetic component	粦	家
Rime group	眞	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	㷠	嘉
Old Chinese	/*rin/	/*kraː/

Noun

鄰家

next-door family; next-door or close neighbor
- 若處家得罪於家長，猶有鄰家所避逃之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  若处家得罪于家长，犹有邻家所避逃之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE
  Ruò chùjiā dézuì yú jiācháng, yóu yǒu línjiā suǒ bìtáo zhī. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鄰居 (“neighbor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鄰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鄰居, 鄰舍, 鄰家
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	街坊, 隔壁兒, 鄰居
	Taiwan	鄰居, 街坊
	Malaysia	鄰居
	Singapore	鄰居
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	街坊, 鄰舍, 鄰舍家
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鄰家, 隔壁子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	隔壁鄰舍, 隔壁子
	Wuhan	街坊
	Guilin	鄰居
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	隔壁鄰居
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	鄰居
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鄰居
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	鄰居, 鄰家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鄰居, 隔籬鄰舍, 鄰舍, 隔籬, 街坊
	Hong Kong	鄰居, 隔籬鄰舍, 隔籬屋, 隔籬, 街坊
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	隔籬鄰舍
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	隔籬屋
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	隔籬屋
	Taishan	隔籬, 上屋, 下屋, 街坊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	隔籬鄰舍
	Yangjiang	隔籬屋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隔籬鄰舍
	Singapore (Guangfu)	隔籬鄰舍, 隔籬, 街坊
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	街坊
Gan	Nanchang	鄰舍
Hakka	Meixian	鄰舍
	Huiyang	鄰舍, 隔籬鄰舍
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鄰舍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鄰舍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屋邊頭尾, 屋邊
	Hong Kong	鄰舍, 隔籬鄰舍
	Senai (Huiyang)	鄰舍
Jin	Taiyuan	鄰居, 鄰家, 隔壁子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	厝邊, 厝邊仙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	厝邊, 同居, 同厝
Southern Min	Xiamen	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Quanzhou	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Jinjiang	厝邊
	Zhangzhou	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Zhao'an	厝邊仔
	Taipei	厝邊, 隔壁
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊隔壁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	隔壁
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊隔壁
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Yilan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Yilan (Luodong)	厝邊, 厝邊仔, 隔壁
	Yilan (Toucheng)	厝邊, 厝邊仔, 隔壁
	Changhua (Lukang)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Changhua (Yongjing)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Taichung	厝邊, 厝邊隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Tainan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Tainan (Anping)	厝邊, 隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Hsinchu	厝邊, 隔壁
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kinmen	隔壁
	Penghu (Magong)	隔壁
	Penghu (Xiyu)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Penang (Hokkien)	隔壁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Manila (Hokkien)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Chaozhou	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Shantou	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Jieyang	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Haifeng	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	厝邊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	厝邊
	Singapore (Teochew)	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Pontianak (Teochew)	厝邊
	Wenchang	厝墘
	Haikou	厝墘儂, 厝邊儂
	Singapore (Hainanese)	厝墘
Wu	Shanghai	鄰舍, 鄰居, 隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍隔壁, 街坊, 鄉鄰 dated
	Suzhou	鄉鄰
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	鄰舍
	Wenzhou	鄰舍
Xiang	Changsha	鄰舍
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鄰舍