Chinese symbol for “adjacent”
邻接
lín jiē
Traditional: 鄰接
adjacent; next to
The closest CC-CEDICT match for adjacent is 邻接 (lín jiē), defined as: adjacent; next to.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “adjacent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 密接 | mì jiē | adjacent; in close proximity; (epidemiology) close contact (abbr. for 密切接触者 (mì qiè jiē chù zhě)) |
| 邻近 (鄰近) | lín jìn | neighboring; adjacent |
| 邻 (鄰) | lín | neighbor; adjacent |
| 相邻 (相鄰) | xiāng lín | neighbor; adjacent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 邻接.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邻居 (鄰居) | lín jū | neighbor |
| 邻近 (鄰近) | lín jìn | neighboring; adjacent |
| 邻国 (鄰國) | lín guó | neighboring country |
| 相邻 (相鄰) | xiāng lín | neighbor; adjacent |
| 毗邻 (毗鄰) | pí lín | bordering; adjacent to |
| 邻里 (鄰里) | lín lǐ | neighbor; neighborhood |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
See also: Japanese symbol for “adjacent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.