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 yìtiáo dàhé.
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