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一边

yī biān

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 一邊

一边 (yī biān) means "one side; (一边…一边) while doing…". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 一边 means

1. one side
2. either side
3. on the one hand
4. on the other hand
5. doing while

The characters in 一边

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 边biānside; edge; margin

Example sentences

• 一边站着。
  Stand aside.
• 我在另一边。
  I am on the other side.

Words starting with 一边

• 一边倒yī biān dǎoto have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side; to support unconditionally

Where 一边 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yī biān correctly.
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