邻 lín neighbor
neighbor; adjacent
怎么记住“邻”: 令 command + 阝 mound = neighbor. Every morning the retired colonel shouts a command to his dog from the little garden mound and wakes up the neighbor.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 粦 + 邑
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
邻 = 令 command + 阝 mound
- 令 command shape only
- 阝 mound meaning
Every morning the retired colonel shouts a command to his dog from the little garden mound and wakes up the neighbor.
How it came to be
In the full form, the town part on the right gives the meaning and the left part gives the sound.
用法
- 'Neighboring/adjacent', mainly in 邻居 (línjū) neighbor and 邻国 (línguó) neighboring country, 邻近 (línjìn) nearby.
- The 阝 on the right is the 'city/place' mound, fitting its spatial-proximity meaning.
- 相邻 (xiānglín) = adjacent to each other, used for regions, seats, or numbers.
含“邻”的词语
例句
- 她是我的邻居。 Tā shì wǒ de línjū.She's my neighbor.