遠親不如近鄰

See also: 远亲不如近邻

Chinese

		distant relative or relation; remote kinsfolk	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	next-door neighbour; close neighbour
trad. (遠親不如近鄰/遠親不如近隣)		遠親	不如	近鄰/近隣
simp. (远亲不如近邻)		远亲	不如	近邻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ can¹ bat¹ jyu⁴ gan⁶ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎncin bùrú jìnlín
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-chʻin¹ pu⁴-ju² chin⁴-lin²
    • Yale: ywǎn-chīn bù-rú jìn-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanchin buru jinnlin
    • Palladius: юаньцинь бужу цзиньлинь (juanʹcinʹ bužu czinʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ can¹ bat¹ jyu⁴ gan⁶ leon⁴
    • Yale: yúhn chān bāt yùh gahn lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ tsan¹ bat⁷ jy⁴ gan⁶ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ cen¹ bed¹ yu⁴ gen⁶ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ kɐn²² lɵn²¹/

Proverb

1. Nearby neighbours are better than distant cousins.

See also

• English: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off (Proverbs 27:10b KJV)