BishuРусскийTrain

邻居línjūneighbour

Theme
People
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
15
Characters
2

How 邻居 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

邻 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
居 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 邻居

Examples

我的邻居很友好。

Wǒ de línjū hěn yǒuhǎo.

My neighbours are very friendly.

  • 我wǒI
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 邻居línjūneighbour
  • 很hěnvery
  • 友好yǒu hǎofriendly

我的邻居是一位老师。

Wǒ de línjū shì yī wèi lǎoshī.

My neighbour is a teacher.

  • 我wǒI
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 邻居línjūneighbour
  • 是shìto be
  • 一yīone
  • 位wèimeasure word for people (polite)
  • 老师lǎoshīteacher

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 居然
  • 居住
  • 注意zhùyìto pay attention