街坊
Chinese
street | subdivision of a city | ||
---|---|---|---|
simp. and trad. (街坊) |
街 | 坊 |
Pronunciation
Usage notes
In Cantonese, 隔籬鄰舍/隔篱邻舍 usually refers to the immediate next-door neighbours, while 街坊 is a more general term referring to everyone who lives in the same neighbourhood. Compare to the difference between 厝邊/厝边 and 厝邊頭尾/厝边头尾 in Hokkien and Teochew.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鄰居 (“neighbor”) [map]
Derived terms
- 派街坊
- 益街坊
- 累街坊
- 老街坊
- 街坊裝/街坊装
- 街坊鄰居/街坊邻居
- 街坊鄰舍/街坊邻舍
- 街里街坊
Descendants
- → English: kaifong
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