隔壁

gébì
noun HSK 5 #3,199

Meanings

  1. 1 next door
  2. 2 the neighbor; adjacent room/house

Characters

Separated by a wall - next door.

Examples

HSK 1
Tā zhù zài wǒ gébì.
He lives next door to me.
HSK 2
Gébì Lǎowáng shì gè hǎorén.
Old Wang next door is a good person.
HSK 5
Gébì de línjū hěn chǎo.
The next-door neighbor is very noisy.

Tips

culture
隔壁老王 (gébì Lǎo Wáng, 'Old Wang next door') is a famous Chinese internet meme referring to a suspiciously friendly male neighbor. It's used humorously to imply an affair - similar to the Western 'mailman' joke.
usage
隔壁 is more specific than 邻居 (línjū, neighbor). 隔壁 means literally 'separated by a wall' - the immediately adjacent unit. 对面 (duìmiàn) = across the way. 楼上/楼下 = upstairs/downstairs.

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