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靠近

靠近

Chinese

		depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support	near; close (to); approximately
simp. and trad. (靠近)		靠	近

Verb

靠近

to approach, to come closer, to draw near

Preposition

靠近

close to, near

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kàojìn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kaau³ gan⁶, kaau³ kan⁵
Min Nan (POJ): khò-kīn / khò-kūn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kàojìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kawjinn
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kaau³ gan⁶, kaau³ kan⁵
  - Yale: kaau gahn, kaau káhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kaau³ gan⁶, kaau³ kan⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɑːu̯³³ kɐn²²/, /kʰɑːu̯³³ kʰɐn¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò-kīn / khò-kūn
  - Tâi-lô: khò-kīn / khò-kūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoirkin, qoirkun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɤ²¹⁻⁵³ kin²²/, /kʰɤ²¹⁻⁵³ kun²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kin⁴¹/, /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɤ²¹⁻⁵³ kin²²/, /kʰɤ²¹⁻⁵³ kun²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ kin³³/, /kʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ kun³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kin³³/, /kʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kun³³/