邻 (lín) means Neighbor (close to - neighboring). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他喜欢跟 邻 居聊天。
Tā xǐhuan gēn línjū liáotiān.
He likes chatting with the neighbours.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 聊天
邻 居都说她很贤惠。
Línjū dōu shuō tā hěn xiánhuì.
The neighbours all say she is virtuous and capable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贤惠
我的 邻 居是一位老师。
Wǒ de línjū shì yí wèi lǎoshī.
My neighbour is a teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 邻居
邻 居热心地帮了我们。
Línjū rèxīn de bāng le wǒmen.
The neighbours helped us readily.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 热心
邻 近城市派人来支援。
Línjìn chéngshì pài rén lái zhīyuán.
Neighbouring cities sent people to help.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 支援
我们跟 邻 居的关系很好。
Wǒmen gēn línjū de guānxi hěn hǎo.
We get on well with our neighbours.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 邻居
他一直关照着 邻 居家的老人。
Tā yìzhí guānzhàozhe línjū jiā de lǎorén.
He has always kept an eye on the old man next door.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 关照
邻 里和睦，日子才过得舒心。
Línlǐ hémù, rìzi cái guò de shūxīn.
Only with good neighbourly relations does life feel comfortable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 和睦
邻 居装修了三个月，我们没过一天安宁日子。
Línjū zhuāngxiū le sān ge yuè, wǒmen méi guò yì tiān ānníng rìzi.
The neighbours renovated for three months and we did not have one peaceful day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安宁
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Words that contain 邻
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Questions about 邻
How is 邻 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 邻 (lín, "Neighbor (close to - neighboring)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 邻 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 邻 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 邻?
The dictionary page for 邻 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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