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河边

hé biān

2-character word Traditional 河邊

What 河边 means

1. river bank

The characters in 河边

• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 边biānside; edge; margin

Example sentences

• 他坐在河边。
  He sat next to the stream.
• 他的房子在河边。
  Tā de fángzi zài hébiān.
  His house is by a river.
• 长颈鹿走在河边。
  The giraffe was walking along the river bank.
• 我的土地紧靠河边。
  My land abuts on the river.
• 昨天我去河边钓鱼了。
  Zuótiān wǒ qù hébiān diàoyú le.
  Yesterday I went and fished by the river.
• 河边的老教堂很漂亮。
  The old church by the lake is very beautiful.

Words containing 河边

• 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xiéa person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)…

Sounds the same

Read hé biān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 合编to compile in collaboration with; to merge and reorganize (army units etc)