邻
neighbor; adjacent; close to
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How 邻 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “town”) + 令 (phonetic, lìng)
How to remember it
neighbor · Heisig RSH #2811
令 orders + city walls
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 令
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 令 (lìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 令 sound component | lìng | command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause |
| 领 | lǐng | neck, collar; lead, guide |
| 冷 | lěng | cold, cool; lonely |
| 零 | líng | zero; fragment, fraction |
| 岭 | lǐng | mountain ridge, mountain peak |
| 龄 | líng | age; years |
| 铃 | líng | small bell |
| 怜 | lián | to pity, to sympathize with |
| 伶 | líng | clever; lonely, solitary |
| 玲 | líng | the tinkling of jewelry |
| 羚 | líng | a species of antelope |
| 鸰 | líng | lark, wagtail; Motacilla species (various) |
| 苓 | líng | fungus, tuber; licorice |
| 蛉 | líng | dragonfly, sandfly; Libellulidae |
| 呤 | lìng | purine |
| 囹 | líng | prison, enclosure |
| 拎 | līn | to lift, to haul, to take |
| 翎 | líng | plume, tail feathers |
| 聆 | líng | to hear, to listen |
Words containing 邻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邻水县 | Lín shuǐ Xiàn | Linshui, a county in Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市[Guang3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 远亲不如近邻 | yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín | A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, … |
| 多邻国 | Duō lín guó | Duolingo, a language-learning platform founded in 2011 |
| 海内存知己，天涯若比邻 | hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ lín | close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door; close in spirit although fa… |
| 四邻八舍 | sì lín bā shè | (idiom) the whole neighborhood |
| 邻人 | lín rén | neighbor |
| 邻区 | lín qū | neighborhood; vicinity |
| 邻国 | lín guó | neighboring country |
| 邻水 | Lín shuǐ | see 鄰水縣|邻水县[Lin2 shui3 Xian4] |
| 地邻 | dì lín | neighbor on farmland |
| 邻家 | lín jiā | next-door neighbor; neighboring household |
| 高邻 | gāo lín | distinguished neighbor (honorific) |
| 邻里 | lín lǐ | neighbor; neighborhood |
| 相邻 | xiāng lín | neighbor; adjacent |
| 比邻 | bǐ lín | (literary) next-door neighbor; near; next to; Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] |
| 四邻 | sì lín | one's nearest neighbors |
| 左邻右里 | zuǒ lín yòu lǐ | see 左鄰右舍|左邻右舍[zuo3 lin2 you4 she4] |
| 邻接 | lín jiē | adjacent; next to |
| 邻座 | lín zuò | adjacent seat; the person in an adjacent seat |
| 隔壁邻居 | gé bì lín jū | next-door neighbor |