接壤

jiērǎng
verb #36,429

Meanings

  1. 1 to border on
  2. 2 to be contiguous with

Examples

Zhōngguó hé Éluósī jiērǎng.
China borders Russia.
Zhè liǎng gè shěng jiērǎng de dìfang yǒu yì tiáo dà hé.
Where these two provinces border each other, there is a great river.

Tips

usage
接壤 specifically describes territories sharing a land border. The character means 'soil/land', so 接壤 literally is 'connected soil'. For people or things touching, use 接触 (jiēchù); for adjacent rooms or buildings, use 相邻 (xiānglín).

Stroke Order

jiē
rǎng