毗邻 (pílín): to border on

Meanings

1 to border on
2 to be adjacent to
3 to neighbor

Characters

毗

Examples

中国与俄罗斯毗邻。

Zhōngguó yǔ Éluósī pílín.

China borders on Russia.

公园毗邻一条小河。

Gōngyuán pílín yī tiáo xiǎo hé.

The park is adjacent to a small river.

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Bookish — used in geography, real-estate copy, and news writing. In conversation, prefer 挨着 (āizhe, right next to) or 紧靠 (jǐnkào, close up against). The structure is normally A 与 B 毗邻 ("A and B are adjacent") or A 毗邻 B ("A borders B").