隔籬 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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See also: 隔離 and 隔篱

	to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	a fence
trad. (隔籬)	隔	籬
simp. (隔篱)	隔	篱
alternative forms	隔離／隔离
Literally: “separated by a fence”.

隔籬

1. (Classical) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 隔 (gé),‎ 籬 / 篱 (lí).

   • 肯與鄰翁相對飲，隔籬呼取盡餘杯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     肯与邻翁相对饮，隔篱呼取尽余杯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Du Fu, A Guest Arrives

     Kěn yǔ lín wēng xiàng duì yǐn, gé lí hū qǔ jìn yú bēi. [Pinyin]

     Willing to invite the old man next door to join us in drinking, Shout across the fence for him to share our cups.

2. (Cantonese) next door; the neighbors

   佢住喺我隔籬。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢住喺我隔篱。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ zyu⁶ hai² ngo⁵ gaak³ lei⁴. [Jyutping]

   He lives next door.

   隔籬班太嘈喇！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   隔篱班太嘈喇！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaak³ lei⁴ baan¹ taai³ cou⁴ laa³! [Jyutping]

   The class next door is too noisy!

3. (Cantonese, by extension) side

   我唔要佢坐我隔籬。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我唔要佢坐我隔篱。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ m⁴ jiu³ keoi⁵ co⁵ ngo⁵ gaak³ lei⁴. [Jyutping]

   I don't want him to sit next to me.

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