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鄰

lín

neighbor; neighborhood

Strokes
14
Radical
邑
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 邻

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 邻, the simplified form of 鄰. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 远亲不如近邻。

    Yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín

    A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.

  • 该国对其邻国宣战了。

    Gāi guó duì qí lín guó xuān zhàn le

    The country declared war against its neighbor.

  • 我认识我所有的邻居。

    Wǒ rèn shi wǒ suǒ yǒu de lín jū

    I know all my neighbors.

  • 美国与加拿大相邻。

    Měi guó yǔ Jiā ná dà xiāng lín

    The United States borders Canada.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 邻

  • 邻居lín jū 2–1 neighbor; next door
  • 邻国lín guó 2–2 bordering country; neighbor country; neighboring countries; surrounding countries