臨近

See also: 临近

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	near; close (to); approximately
trad. (臨近)		臨	近
simp. (临近)		临	近

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ gan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-kǔn / lîm-kūn / lîm-kīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línjìn
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-chin⁴
    • Yale: lín-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linjinn
    • Palladius: линьцзинь (linʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ gan⁶
    • Yale: làhm gahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ gan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ gen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ kɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-kǔn
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-kǔn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² kun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-kūn
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-kūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limkun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² kun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-kīn
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-kīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limkin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² kin²²/

Verb

臨近

1. to be close; to be near; to be approaching (of a time or place)

   日益臨近的選舉／日益临近的选举  ―  rìyì línjìn de xuǎnjǔ  ―  a looming election

Synonyms

• 倚近 (Hokkien)
• 傍依 (bàngyī)
• 傍邊／傍边 (bàngbiān) (colloquial)
• 向邇／向迩 (xiàng'ěr) (literary)
• 把 (colloquial)
• 挨近 (āijìn)
• 挨邊／挨边 (āibiān) (colloquial, to be close to an age or number)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 擦 (cā)
• 比鄰／比邻 (bǐlín) (literary)
• 湊／凑 (còu)
• 瀕於／濒于 (bīnyú) (of something undesirable)
• 瀕臨／濒临 (bīnlín)
• 相鄰／相邻 (xiānglín)
• 親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 鄰近／邻近 (línjìn)
• 附 (fù)
• 靠近 (kàojìn)