隔壁 (gé bì) — next door (the adjacent room, house, or apartment); neighbor (the person living next door)
Definition
隔壁 means the adjacent unit or its occupant — the literal place (next door) or the person/family next door. 邻居 names a neighbor in general; 街坊 is a familiar, community-feeling term, often collective.
noun
next door (the adjacent room, house, or apartment)neighbor (the person living next door)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 隔壁。gé bì Zhù zhe yí duì lǎo fū qī.An elderly couple lives next door.
- 隔壁。Wǒ jiā de gé bì shì yì jiā miàn bāo diàn.Next door to my house is a bakery.
- 隔壁。gé bì De gǒu měi tiān wǎn shàng dōu jiào.The dog next door barks every night.
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