Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Adjacent, neighboring, contiguous: Describes something that is located directly next to or shares a common border with something else, often implying close proximity without necessarily being identical or part of the same entity.
   • Surrounding: Describes the areas that are immediately around a central point or location.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Các tỉnh kế cận cần có sự phối hợp trong phòng chống dịch. (The adjacent provinces need to coordinate in pandemic prevention.)
  • Cửa hàng của anh ấy nằm trong khu vực kế cận trường đại học. (His shop is located in the area surrounding the university.)
  • Hai mảnh đất kế cận nhau đã được mua bán. (The two contiguous plots of land were sold.)

Advanced Usage

• "Vùng/vùng đất/khu vực kế cận": This is a common collocation meaning "the surrounding area/region" or "adjacent area."
  • Sự phát triển của thành phố ảnh hưởng lớn đến vùng kế cận. (The city's development greatly affects the surrounding region.)
• Used in formal, administrative, or geographical contexts to describe proximity between political units (provinces, districts), territories, or defined zones.

Variants and Related Words

• Kế (verb): To succeed, to follow. (Note: While "kế" is a component, "kế cận" functions as a single adjective and is not a phrasal verb.)
• Cận (adjective): Near, close. (Note: While "cận" is a component, "kế cận" functions as a single adjective.)
• Liền kề (adjective): A very close synonym meaning adjacent, adjoining, right next to.
• Giáp ranh (verb phrase): To border on, to be adjacent to (often used for administrative borders).

Synonyms

• Adjacent: (to) Lying next to or adjoining.
• Neighboring: Situated or living nearby.
• Contiguous: Sharing a common border; touching.
• Surrounding: All around a particular place or thing.
• Adjoining: Next to and joined with.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Kế cận chiến lược: Strategic adjacency. (A term used in business or military contexts.)
  • Công ty mở rộng sang các lĩnh vực có kế cận chiến lược với ngành cốt lõi. (The company expanded into fields with strategic adjacency to its core business.)

1. Surrounding, adjacent
   • Vùng kế cận thủ đô
     The areas adjacent to the capital, the surrounding of the capital