边 (邊) biān

1. 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)
2. 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).
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. biān noun end; extremity; limit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 尽头 in this sense
6. biān verb to be near; to approach
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 靠近 in this sense
7. biān noun a party; a side
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 双边 bilateral (XHZD '边' 4)

Contained in

• 寇边(寇邊) to raid the border areas
• 边庭(邊庭) bodies governing a border area
• 两边(兩邊) either side; both sides
• 双边贸易(雙邊貿易) bilateral trade
• 外边(外邊) outside; exterior ; somewhere other than one's native place
• 边牧(邊牧) border collie (dog breed)
• 边长(邊長) length (of a side, geom.)
• 左边(左邊) left
• 安边(安邊) to pacify frontier troubles
• 边塞(邊塞) frontier fortress
• 边注(邊注) side notation
• 炉边(爐邊) fireside
• 凸多边形(凸多邊形) convex polygon
• 边缘性人格障碍(邊緣性人格障礙) borderline personality disorder (BPD)
• 后边(後邊) back ; the following part ; later
• 边界(邊界) boundary; border ; edge of a sports field
• 帕斯卡六边形(帕斯卡六邊形) Pascal's hexagon
• 边材(邊材) sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
• 手边(手邊) on hand; at hand
• 边控(邊控) border control
• 半边天(半邊天) half the sky; women of the new society; women
• 苦海无边，回头是岸(苦海無邊，回頭是岸) The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore . Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
• 枕边风(枕邊風) pillow talk
• 挨边(挨邊) to keep close to the edge; near the mark; close to (the true figure)
• 边际(邊際) bounds
• 边际成本(邊際成本) marginal cost
• 傍边(傍邊) near; beside
• 河边(河邊) riverbank
• 沿边儿(沿邊兒) to trim [border with braid]
• 六边形(六邊形) hexagon
• 西边(西邊) west side
• 渡边(渡邊) Watanabe
• 十二边形(十二邊形) dodecagon
• 前边儿(前邊兒) front
• 旁边(旁邊) lateral; side
• 花边(花邊) lace; decorative border
• 外边儿(外邊兒) outside
• 妇女能顶半边天(婦女能頂半邊天) Woman can hold up half the sky / nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society

Also contained in

定边 、 峨边彝族自治县 、 延边大学 、 靖边 、 浊齿龈边擦音 、 边坝 、 边币 、 定边县 、 滨海边疆区 、 靖边县 、 盐边县 、 西北边境省 、 延边

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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
• 边兵 (邊兵) 為邊兵 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 7
• 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: 6
• 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
• 备边 (備邊) 備邊竟 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
• 边县 (邊縣) 邊縣邑視其樹木惡則少用 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — 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
• 边亭 (邊亭) 梁之邊亭與楚之邊亭皆種瓜 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 7 — count: 3
• 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