毗连

毗連

pílián

verb #95,654

Meanings

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

Characters

to adjoin/border

to connect/link

Examples

HSK 2

我家毗连一个公园。

Wǒjiā pílián yīgè gōngyuán.

My house adjoins a park.

HSK 6

这两个国家毗连而居。

Zhè liǎng gè guójiā pílián ér jū.

These two countries lie next to each other.

Tips

register

Formal/written register. In speech, 紧挨着 (jǐn āizhe) or 邻近 (línjìn) are more common. 毗连 typically appears in legal, geographic, or administrative descriptions.

Stroke Order

毗 pí

连 lián