比鄰

See also: 比邻

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	neighbour; adjacent; close to
trad. (比鄰/比隣)		比	鄰/隣
simp. (比邻)		比	邻
alternative forms		比隣／比邻
anagram		鄰比／邻比

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐlín, bìlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ, ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² leon⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pí-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐlín
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-lin²
    • Yale: bǐ-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biilin
    • Palladius: билинь (bilinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìlín
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-lin²
    • Yale: bì-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihlin
    • Palladius: билинь (bilinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei² leon⁴
    • Yale: béi lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ lɵn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 比鄰 / 比邻 毗鄰 / 毗邻

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: pí-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjijH|pjijH lin

Rime
Character	比	比	鄰
Reading #	3/5	4/5	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (15)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	毗至切	必至切	力珍切
Baxter	bjijH	pjijH	lin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪH/	/piɪH/	/liɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/biH/	/piH/	/lin/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɪH/	/pjɪH/	/ljen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biH/	/piH/	/lin/
Li Rong	/biH/	/piH/	/liĕn/
Wang Li	/biH/	/piH/	/lĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱiH/	/piH/	/li̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	bì	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei6	bei3	lan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pij-s  (mə.)rə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bis|pis  rin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	比	鄰
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì	lín
Middle Chinese	‹ pjijH ›	‹ lin ›
Old Chinese	/*pij-s/	/*(mə.)rə[n]/
English	combine; all	group of 5 families; neighbor
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	比	比	鄰
Reading #	4/5	2/5	1/1
No.	542	521	8195
Phonetic component	比	比	粦
Rime group	脂	脂	眞
Rime subdivision	2	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	鼻	痹	㷠
Old Chinese	/*bis/	/*pis/	/*rin/

Noun

比鄰

1. (literary) neighbor

   • 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Bo, Sending Off Du Shaofu to Shuzhou

     Hǎinèi cún zhījǐ, tiānyá ruò bǐlín. [Pinyin]

     Within the four seas I have a bosom friend, as close as my neighbour even when he is far away.

2. vicinage

Synonyms

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• 鄰人 / 邻人 (línrén)
• 鄰居 / 邻居 (línjū)
• 鄰比 / 邻比 (línbì) (literary)

Verb

比鄰

1. (literary) to be near; to be close; to be next to

Synonyms

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• 倚近 (Hokkien)
• 傍依 (bàngyī)
• 傍邊 / 傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
• 向邇 / 向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
• 把 (colloquial)
• 挨近 (āijìn)
• 挨邊 / 挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 擦 (cā)
• 湊 / 凑 (còu)
• 瀕於 / 濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)
• 瀕臨 / 濒临 (bīnlín)
• 相鄰 / 相邻 (xiānglín)
• 臨近 / 临近 (línjìn)
• 親近 / 亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 近倚 (Hokkien)
• 鄰近 / 邻近 (línjìn)
• 附 (fù)
• 靠近 (kàojìn)

Derived terms

• 天涯若比鄰 / 天涯若比邻 (tiānyá ruò bǐlín)
• 比鄰星 / 比邻星 (Bǐlínxīng)
• 比鄰而居 / 比邻而居