边 (邊) biān
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biān
noun
side; boundary; edge; margin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 渔妇的船就停在河边 'The fisherwoman's boat stopped at the side of the river.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 24; Barnes 2007, p. 57; Unihan '邊'; XHZD '边' 1) -
biān
adverb
on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: The form 边…边… is usually used to indicate that two actions are occuring at the same time. It is often used in coordinate complex sentences. When the following verb is monosyllabic 一边 can be abbreviated to 边 (XHZD '边' 5). -
biān
suffix
suffix of a noun of locality
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Used to form a noun of locality by appending to the noun. For example, 上边 top and 外边 outside (Norman 1988, p. 162; XHZD '边' 6) -
biān
noun
frontier; border
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: Synonymous with 边境 in this sense (Unihan '邊'; XHZD '边' 2) -
biān
noun
end; extremity; limit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 尽头 in this sense -
biān
verb
to be near; to approach
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 靠近 in this sense -
biān
noun
a party; a side
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 双边 bilateral (XHZD '边' 4)
Contained in
- 花边儿(花邊兒) lace
- 边窗(邊窗) side window
- 边寨(邊寨) frontier stockade
- 底边(底邊) base (of a triangle); base line; hem line (of skirt)
- 凸边(凸邊) rim; protruding edge
- 挨边(挨邊) to keep close to the edge; near the mark; close to (the true figure)
- 吹枕边风(吹枕邊風) to sway through pillow talk
- 沿边(沿邊) close to the border; along the border
- 贴边(貼邊) welt; facing (of a garment); to be relevant
- 九边形(九邊形) nonagon
- 左边儿(左邊兒) left side
- 上边(上邊) top ; surface ; superiors; senior management
- 柳条边(柳條邊) Willow palisade
- 兆边(兆邊) Northern China
- 帕斯卡六边形(帕斯卡六邊形) Pascal's hexagon
- 一边倒(一邊倒) to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side; to support unconditionally
- 漫无边际(漫無邊際) extremely vast; boundless; limitless; digressing; discursive; going off on tangents
- 傍边(傍邊) near; beside
- 蕾丝边(蕾絲邊) lesbian
- 这边(這邊) this side; here
- 当耳边风(當耳邊風) to treat (what somebody says) as wind past your ear; to completely disregard
- 边民(邊民) people living on the frontiers; inhabitants of a border area
- 七边形(七邊形) heptagon
- 多边形(多邊形) a polygon
- 外边(外邊) outside; exterior ; somewhere other than one's native place
- 擦边球(擦邊球) to skirt the line legally or morally
- 一山飞峙大江边(一山飛峙大江邊) a mountain stands in mid-air by the riverside
- 门边框(門邊框) door frame; door pillars
- 身边(身邊) at one's side
- 水边(水邊) edge of the water; waterside; shore
- 单边主义(單邊主義) unilateralism
- 有边儿(有邊兒) to be likely or possible; to begin to take shape; to be likely to succeed
- 蕾丝花边(蕾絲花邊) lace border
- 边患(邊患) foreign invasion; disaster on border due to incursion
- 双边贸易(雙邊貿易) bilateral trade
- 不着边际(不著邊際) not to the point; wide of the mark; neither here nor there; irrelevant
- 不修边幅(不修邊幅) not care about one's appearance; slovenly in dress and manner
- 上边儿(上邊兒) top
- 花边人物(花邊人物) smooth talker; fast talker; slick and sociable person; person in the news
- 边路(邊路) sidewalk; side road; shoulder (of a road); wing (soccer)
- 边关(邊關) border station; strategic defensive position on frontier
- 北边儿(北邊兒) northern part
- 中国西北边陲(中國西北邊陲) border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)
- 话到嘴边留三分(話到嘴邊留三分) A still tongue makes a wise head.
- 东边儿(東邊兒) east side
- 半边天(半邊天) half the sky; women of the new society; women
Also contained in
边疆区 、 延边大学 、 清齿龈边擦音 、 靖边县 、 边坝
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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Collocations
- 边邑 (邊邑) 其在邊邑 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 14
- 边吏 (邊吏) 既晉之邊吏讓鄭曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
- 边兵 (邊兵) 為邊兵 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 7
- 守边 (守邊) 地形之當守邊者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 4
- 入边 (入邊) 匈奴謀入邊為寇 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 4
- 边山 (邊山) 夫玉起於牛氏邊山 — Guanzi 管子, 地數第七十七 Chapter 77: Land Management — count: 4
- 边伯 (邊伯) 邊伯之宮近于王宮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 备边 (備邊) 備邊竟 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
- 边亭 (邊亭) 梁之邊亭與楚之邊亭皆種瓜 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 7 — count: 3
- 南宫边 (南宮邊) 南宮邊子入 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十四 至公 Chapter 14: Extremely Fair — count: 3