Chinese symbol for “neighbors”
左邻右舍
zuǒ lín yòu shè
Traditional: 左鄰右舍
neighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units; colleagues doing related work
The closest CC-CEDICT match for neighbors is 左邻右舍 (zuǒ lín yòu shè), defined as: neighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units; colleagues doing related work.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “neighbors”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 街坊邻里 (街坊鄰里) | jiē fang lín lǐ | neighbors; the whole neighborhood |
| 街坊四邻 (街坊四鄰) | jiē fang sì lín | neighbors; the whole neighborhood |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 左邻右舍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | left and right; nearby |
| 左派 | zuǒ pài | (political) left; left wing |
| 左翼 | zuǒ yì | left-wing (political) |
| 左边 (左邊) | zuǒ bian | left; the left side |
| 左手 | zuǒ shǒu | left hand; left-hand side |
| 左侧 (左側) | zuǒ cè | left side |
| 邻居 (鄰居) | lín jū | neighbor |
| 邻近 (鄰近) | lín jìn | neighboring; adjacent |
| 右派 | yòu pài | (political) right; right wing |
| 宿舍 | sù shè | dormitory; dorm room |
See also: Japanese symbol for “neighbors”.
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.