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隔籬

隔籬

See also: 隔篱

Chinese

 
to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off
a fence
trad. (隔籬)
simp. (隔篱)
Literally: “separated by a fence”.

Adjective

隔籬 (Cantonese)

  1. next door
    隔籬 [Cantonese, trad.]
    隔篱 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Gaak3 lei4 baan1 taai3 cou4 laa3! [Jyutping]
    The class next door is too noisy!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隔壁 (“next door”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 隔壁
Mandarin Beijing 隔壁兒
Taiwan 隔壁
Xi'an 隔壁兒
Wuhan 隔壁
Chengdu 隔壁子、隔壁
Yangzhou 隔壁
Hefei 隔壁
Cantonese Guangzhou 隔籬
Hong Kong 隔籬
Yangjiang 隔籬
Gan Nanchang 隔壁、間壁
Hakka Meixian 隔壁
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 隔壁
Liudui (S. Sixian) 隔壁
Hsinchu (Hailu) 隔壁
Dongshi (Dabu) 隔壁
Zhuolan (Raoping) 隔壁
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 隔壁
Jin Taiyuan 隔壁子
Min Bei Jian'ou 隔壁
Min Dong Fuzhou 間壁
Min Nan Xiamen 隔壁
Taipei 隔壁
Kaohsiung 隔壁
Chaozhou 隔壁
Wu Suzhou 隔壁
Wenzhou 隔壁
Xiang Changsha 隔壁
Shuangfeng 隔壁

Derived terms

Noun

隔籬 (Cantonese)

  1. next door; the neighbors
    隔籬 [Cantonese, trad.]
    隔篱 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Keoi5 zyu6 hai2 ngo5gaak3 lei4. [Jyutping]
    He lives next door.
  2. (by extension) side
    唔要隔籬 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔要隔篱 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Ngo5 m4 jiu3 keoi5 co5 ngo5gaak3 lei4. [Jyutping]
    I don't want him to sit next to me.