gé bì
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我住在隔壁的房子里。
wǒ zhù zài gé bì de fáng zi lǐ.
I live in the house next door.
隔壁的邻居很友好。
gé bì de lín jū hěn yǒu hǎo.
The neighbors next door are very friendly.
隔壁的商店卖了很多东西。
gé bì de shāng diàn mài le hěn duō dōng xi.
The store next door sells a lot of things.
邻家 (lín jiā)
neighbor
隔壁邻居 (gé bì lín jū)
next-door neighbor
本家 (běn jiā)
same family
对门 (duì mén)
opposite door
The Chinese word 隔壁 (gébì) literally means "separated by a wall" and is used to refer to the room or house next door. It is composed of two characters: 隔 (gé), which means "to separate" or "to be apart", and 壁 (bì), which means "wall". The word 隔壁 can be traced back to the ancient Chinese language, where it was used to describe the relationship between two adjacent rooms or houses. In modern Chinese, 隔壁 is still commonly used to refer to the room or house next door, but it can also be used to refer to a neighboring country or region. For example, the phrase 隔壁邻居 (gébì línjū) means "next-door neighbor", while the phrase 隔壁国家 (gébì guójiā) means "neighboring country".
