Definition
隔壁 refers to the adjacent room, house, or apartment ('next door'), and can also mean the person living there ('neighbor'). It differs from 邻居 (lín jū), which specifically means 'neighbor' as a person, not the location. 街坊 (jiē fang) is a more colloquial, collective term for neighbors in a community.
noun
next door (the adjacent room, house, or apartment)neighbor (the person living next door)
Easily confused
- 戈壁Gē bìsound-alikeGobi (desert)
Examples
- 隔壁。gé bì zhù zhe yí duì lǎo fūqī.An elderly couple lives next door.
- 隔壁。Wǒ jiā de gé bì shì yì jiā miànbāo diàn.Next door to my house is a bakery.
- 隔壁。gé bì de gǒu měitiān wǎnshang dōu jiào.The dog next door barks every night.
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