---
title: "中国有多少邻居？ | How many countries border China? | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "China borders 14 countries, tied with Russia for the most. Learn the count, four neighbours and the word 邻居 in an easy HSK 1 reading."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-many-countries-border-china"
published: "2026-11-01"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

Original article · [HSK 1](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/hsk-1)

# 中国有多少邻居？

How many countries border China?

妮妮七岁。她家有两个邻居，她很喜欢他们。

今天，爸爸问她：“妮妮，中国有多少邻居？”

妮妮说：“中国也有吗？”

爸爸说：“有。在中国旁边的国家都是。”

爸爸开电脑。妮妮一个一个看：“俄罗斯，蒙古，越南，印度……十四个！”

爸爸说：“对，十四个！这是最多的。俄罗斯也有十四个。”

妮妮说：“中国和俄罗斯也是邻居！”

爸爸说：“对！你看，在这儿。”

妮妮想了想，说：“我家在中国。我家有两个，中国有十四个。那我有十六个邻居！”

爸爸听了，想了想，说：“你说的也对！”

你呢？你有多少邻居？

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## Words in this article

- [邻居línjūneighbor](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%82%BB%E5%B1%85)
- [国家guójiācountry](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6)
- [旁边pángbiānbeside](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%97%81%E8%BE%B9)
- [最zuìmost](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%80)
- [七qīseven](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%83)
- [岁suìyears old](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B2%81)
- [她tāshe](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A5%B9)
- [家jiāhome](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%AE%B6)
- [有yǒuthere is](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%89)
- [两liǎngtwo (used with a classifier)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%A4)
- [个gèclassifier for people and most things](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%AA)
- [很hěnvery](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BE%88)
- [喜欢xǐhuanto like](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2)
- [他们tāmenthey](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%96%E4%BB%AC)
- [今天jīntiāntoday](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%8A%E5%A4%A9)
- [爸爸bàbadad](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%88%B8%E7%88%B8)