Chinese word

紧邻

Pronunciation

Pinyinjǐn lín

Meaning

  • verbbe next to

Example

学校紧邻公园，学生常去那里。xué xiào jǐn lín gōng yuán xué shēng cháng qù nà lǐ

The school is next to the park, and students often go there.

Illustration for 紧邻 (be next to)

More examples

我们的公寓紧邻地铁站，上下班很方便。wǒ men de gōng yù jǐn lín dì tiě zhàn shàng xià bān hěn fāng biàn

Our apartment is next to the subway station, so commuting is very convenient.

Core concept

A close spatial link in which one place or object lies right beside another.

Common phrases

  • 紧邻学校jǐn lín xué xiào

    be next to the school

  • 紧邻公园jǐn lín gōng yuán

    be next to the park

  • 紧邻地铁站jǐn lín dì tiě zhàn

    be next to the subway station

  • 紧邻住宅区jǐn lín zhù zhái qū

    be next to the residential area

Similar words

靠近kào jìn: Be near a place or object at a short distance.
挨着āi zhe: Be touching or almost touching a place or object.
紧靠jǐn kào: Be pressed closely against a place or object.
紧挨jǐn āi: Be directly beside a place or object with no space between them.

Definition in Chinese

紧紧靠近某物的位置或状态，常用于说明两个地点或物体彼此相靠。jín jǐn kào jìn mǒu wù de wèi zhì huò zhuàng tài cháng yòng yú shuō míng liǎng gè dì diǎn huò wù tǐ bí cǐ xiāng kào

Word origin

紧 (jǐn, "tight") + 邻 (lín, "neighbor") describes a neighbor that is positioned tightly against or beside something else.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, a place can follow this verb directly as its object, unlike the usual English pattern with a preposition before the neighboring place.

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