隔壁

Chinese

		to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	wall; rampart
simp. and trad. (隔壁)		隔	壁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gébì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ge² bi²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ bik¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kak-piak
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): keh-piah / keeh-piah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêh⁴ biah⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷kaq-piq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gébì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gébì
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-pi⁴
    • Yale: gé-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerbih
    • Palladius: гэби (gɛbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ge² bi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gebi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛ²¹ pi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ bik¹
    • Yale: gaak bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ pɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kak-piak
    • Hakka Romanization System: gag` biag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gag⁵ biag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kak̚² pi̯ak̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keh-piah
    • Tâi-lô: keh-piah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kehpiaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ke(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ke(ʔ)⁵ piaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ke(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² piaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ piaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keeh-piah
    • Tâi-lô: keeh-piah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piaʔ³²/

Note:

• “separated by a wall; neighbor”.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gêh⁴ biah⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keh piah
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keʔ²⁻⁴ piaʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷kaq-piq
    • MiniDict: kah^入 pih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kaq-piq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kaʔ³³ piɪʔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

隔壁

1. next door
2. (Hokkien) separated by a wall

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隔壁 (“next door”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鄰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		隔壁
Mandarin	Beijing	隔壁兒
	Taiwan	隔壁
	Xi'an	隔壁兒
	Wuhan	隔壁
	Chengdu	隔壁子, 隔壁
	Yangzhou	隔壁
	Hefei	隔壁
	Singapore	隔壁
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	隔壁鄰居
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	隔壁鄰居
Cantonese	Guangzhou	隔籬
	Hong Kong	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

Noun

隔壁

1. neighbor; next door
2. dividing wall
3. bulkhead (of a ship or aircraft)

Synonyms

• (neighbor):

Dialectal synonyms of 鄰居 (“neighbor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鄰居, 鄰家, 鄰舍, 街坊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鄰居
Mandarin	Beijing	街坊, 隔壁兒, 鄰居
	Taiwan	鄰居, 街坊
	Jinan	街坊, 鄰舍, 鄰舍家
	Xi'an	鄰家, 隔壁子
	Wuhan	街坊
	Chengdu	隔壁鄰舍, 隔壁子
	Guilin	鄰居
	Yangzhou	鄰居
	Hefei	鄰居, 鄰家
	Malaysia	鄰居
	Singapore	鄰居
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	隔壁鄰居
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	鄰居
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鄰居, 隔籬鄰舍, 鄰舍, 隔籬, 街坊
	Hong Kong	鄰居, 隔籬鄰舍, 隔籬屋, 隔籬, 街坊
	Taishan	隔籬, 上屋, 下屋, 街坊
	Yangjiang	隔籬屋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	隔籬鄰舍, 隔籬, 街坊
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	街坊
Gan	Nanchang	鄰舍
Hakka	Meixian	鄰舍
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍, 近鄰
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屋邊頭尾, 屋邊, 近鄰
Jin	Taiyuan	鄰家, 隔壁子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	厝邊, 厝邊仙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	厝邊, 同居
Southern Min	Xiamen	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Quanzhou	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Jinjiang	厝邊
	Zhangzhou	厝邊, 厝邊跤兜, 厝邊頭尾, 隔壁
	Taipei	厝邊, 隔壁
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	隔壁
	Kaohsiung	厝邊, 隔壁
	Yilan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Changhua (Lukang)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Taichung	厝邊, 厝邊隔壁, 厝邊頭尾
	Tainan	厝邊, 隔壁
	Hsinchu	厝邊, 隔壁
	Kinmen	隔壁
	Penghu (Magong)	隔壁
	Penang (Hokkien)	隔壁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Manila (Hokkien)	厝邊, 隔壁
	Chaozhou	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Shantou	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Jieyang	厝邊
	Haifeng	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	厝邊
	Singapore (Teochew)	厝邊, 厝邊頭尾
	Pontianak (Teochew)	厝邊
	Wenchang	厝墘
	Haikou	厝墘儂, 厝邊儂
	Singapore (Hainanese)	厝墘
Wu	Shanghai	鄰舍, 鄰居, 隔壁鄰舍, 鄰舍隔壁, 街坊, 鄉鄰 dated
	Suzhou	鄉鄰
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	鄰舍
	Wenzhou	鄰舍
Xiang	Changsha	鄰舍
	Shuangfeng	鄰舍

Further reading

• “Entry #10372”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.