Neighboring in Chinese
neighboring · HSK 6
隔壁
- 隔 to separate
- 壁 wall
我家隔壁住着一位老师。 A teacher lives next door to me.
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How do you say neighboring in Chinese?
Neighboring in Chinese is 隔壁 (gé bì).
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