隔籬
Chinese
to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off |
a fence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (隔籬) | 隔 | 籬 | |
| simp. (隔篱) | 隔 | 篱 | |
| alternative forms | 隔離/隔离 | ||
| Literally: “separated by a fence”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gaak3 lei4
- Yale: gaak lèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaak8 lei4
- Guangdong Romanization: gag3 léi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːk̚³ lei̯²¹/
- Homophones:
隔籬 / 隔篱
隔離 / 隔离
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gak1 lei3-4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kak̚³³ lei²²⁻²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Noun
隔籬
- (Classical) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 隔 (gé), 籬 / 篱 (lí).
- (Cantonese) next door; the neighbors
- (Cantonese, by extension) side
Synonyms
- (next door):
Dialectal synonyms of 鄰居 (“neighbor”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 隔壁 (“next door”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 鄰 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 隔壁 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 隔壁兒 |
| Taiwan | 隔壁 | |
| Singapore | 隔壁 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 隔壁兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 隔壁子, 隔壁 |
| Wuhan | 隔壁 | |
| Mae Salong (Lancang) | 隔壁鄰居 | |
| Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 隔壁鄰居 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 隔壁 |
| Hefei | 隔壁 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 隔籬 |
| Hong Kong | 隔籬 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 隔籬 | |
| Yangjiang | 隔籬 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 隔籬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 隔壁, 間壁 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 隔壁 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 隔壁 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 隔壁 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 隔壁 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 隔壁 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 隔壁 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 隔壁 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 隔壁子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 隔壁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 間壁 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 隔壁 |
| Taipei | 隔壁 | |
| Kaohsiung | 隔壁 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 隔壁 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 隔壁 | |
| Chaozhou | 隔壁 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 隔壁 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 隔壁 |
| Wenzhou | 隔壁 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 隔壁 |
| Shuangfeng | 隔壁 | |
- (side):
Dialectal synonyms of 旁邊 (“side”) [map]