lín jìn
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  • 1

    v.be adjacent to; be close to; be near to

    • lín jìn biān jiè

      邻近边界

      close to the border

    • nà jiā liáo yǎng yuàn lín jìn xī hú

      疗养院邻近西湖

      That sanatorium is close to the West Lake.

    • nà shí wǒ de zhù suǒ lín jìn shì qū

      那时住所邻近市区

      Then I lived close to downtown area.

  • 2

    n.vicinity; neighbourhood; nearby; in the neighbourhood

    • lín jìn de zhāng xìng rén jiā bān zǒu le

      邻近人家

      The Zhang family in the neighborhood has moved away.

    • xué xiào lín jìn yǒu yī jiā shāng pù

      学校邻近商铺

      There's a shop in the vicinity of the school.

    • tā guò qù zhù zài wǒ jiā lín jìn

      过去邻近

      She used to live not far from me.

Word usage

  • Note
    "邻近" is different from "临近". "临近" refers to that things are close to each other in time or location, and cannnot be used as a noun; "邻近" refers to that things are adjacent in location, and cannnot be used as a noun.

Chinese words with pinyin lin jin