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边

biān

HSK 2 Character Traditional 邊 Measure word 个

What 边 means

1. side
2. edge
3. margin
4. border
5. boundary
6. simultaneously

Other readings

边 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• biansuffix of a noun of locality

Example sentences

• 坐这边
  Zuò zhèbiān
  Sit over here.
• 话在嘴边
  It's on the tip of my tongue.
• 坐我旁边。
  Sit beside me.
• 我在右边。
  I am on the right.
• 一边站着。
  Stand aside.
• 躺在你右边。
  Tǎng zài nǐ yòubian.
  Lie on your right side.

Words starting with 边

• 边缘biān yuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
• 边境biān jìngfrontier; border
• 边界biān jièboundary; border
• 边疆biān jiāngborder area; borderland; frontier
• 边防biān fángfrontier defense
• 边际biān jìlimit; bound; boundary
• 边远biān yuǎnfar from the center; remote; outlying
• 边儿biān rside; edge; margin
• 边区biān qūborder area
• 边城biān chéngborder town; remote town
• 边沿biān yánedge; fringe
• 边框biān kuàngframe; rim
• 边缘化biān yuán huàto marginalize; marginalization
• 边角biān jiǎoedges and corners
• 边陲biān chuíborder area; frontier
• 边关biān guānborder station; strategic defensive position on frontier
• 边卡biān qiǎborder checkpoint
• 边地biān dìborder district; borderland
• 边庭biān tíngbodies governing a border area
• 边民biān mínpeople living on the frontiers; inhabitants of a border area
• 边线biān xiànsideline; foul line
• 边路biān lùsidewalk; side road; shoulder (of a road)
• 边长biān cháng(geometry) side length
• 边门biān ménside door; wicket door

Words containing 边

• 一边yī biānone side; either side; on the one hand
• 旁边páng biānside; adjacent place
• 左边zuǒ bianleft; the left side; to the left of
• 右边yòu bianright side; right, to the right
• 身边shēn biānat one's side; on hand
• 周边zhōu biānperiphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral…
• 那边nà bianover there; yonder
• 这边zhè biānthis side; here
• 路边lù biāncurb; roadside; wayside
• 两边liǎng biāneither side; both sides
• 里边lǐ bianinside
• 海边hǎi biāncoast; seaside; seashore; beach
• 外边wài bianoutside; outer surface; abroad
• 后边hòu bianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
• 西边xī biānwest; west side; western part
• 河边hé biānriver bank
• 东边dōng bianeast; east side; eastern part
• 上边shàng bianthe top; above; overhead
• 前边qián bianfront; the front side; in front of
• 床边chuáng biānbedside
• 北边běi biānnorth; north side; northern part
• 南边nán biansouth; south side; southern part
• 湖边hú biānlakeside
• 下边xià bianunder; the underside; below

Characters that look like 边

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 达dáto attain; to reach; to amount to
• 级jílevel; grade; rank
• 迈màito take a step; to stride
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire

Sounds the same

Read biān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 编to weave; to plait; to organize
• 鞭whip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 煸to stir-fry before broiling or stewing
• 蝙used in 蝙蝠
• 砭ancient stone acupuncture needle; to criticize; to pierce
• 鳊bream
• 笾bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets
• 猵a kind of otter
• 箯bamboo sedan chair
• 邉old variant of 边
• 㺍old variant of 猵
• 萹see 萹蓄; Taiwan pr. piān