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
- 边衅(邊釁) clash on the frontier; border conflict
- 边缘人(邊緣人) marginalized people
- 南边儿(南邊兒) south side
- 里边儿(裡邊兒) inside
- 边界层(邊界層) boundary layer
- 挂在嘴边(掛在嘴邊) to keep saying over and over
- 下边儿(下邊兒) unerneath
- 手边(手邊) on hand; at hand
- 门边框(門邊框) door frame; door pillars
- 凸边(凸邊) rim; protruding edge
- 卷边(捲邊) to hem; to curl (at the edge)
- 边缘性人格障碍(邊緣性人格障礙) borderline personality disorder (BPD)
- 南边(南邊) south ; the southern frontier
- 不等边三角形(不等邊三角形) scalene triangle
- 兆边(兆邊) Northern China
- 后边(後邊) back ; the following part ; later
- 两边(兩邊) either side; both sides
- 右边(右邊) right
- 边防警察(邊防警察) border police
- 边际(邊際) bounds
- 忧边(憂邊) concern about borders
- 边界线(邊界線) boundary line; border line
- 里边(裡邊) inside
- 贴边(貼邊) welt; facing (of a garment); to be relevant
- 吹枕边风(吹枕邊風) to sway through pillow talk
- 边界(邊界) boundary; border ; edge of a sports field
- 边患(邊患) foreign invasion; disaster on border due to incursion
- 半边家庭(半邊家庭) a single parent family
- 边材(邊材) sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
- 枕边故事(枕邊故事) bedtime story
- 耳边风(耳邊風) wind past your ear; something you don't pay much attention to; in one ear and out the other
- 河边(河邊) riverbank
- 帕斯卡六边形(帕斯卡六邊形) Pascal's hexagon
- 无边(無邊) without boundaries; limitless; boundless
- 边款(邊款) side notation
- 湖边(湖邊) lakeside
- 边际报酬(邊際報酬) marginal returns
- 边卡(邊卡) border checkpoint
- 费边社(費邊社) Fabian Society
- 摸不着边(摸不著邊) irrelevant; can't make head or tail of
- 花边(花邊) lace; decorative border
Also contained in
边缘地区 、 马边 、 硬颚边音 、 齿龈边音 、 延边州 、 马边彝族自治县 、 边坝 、 盐边 、 边坝县 、 屏边苗族自治县
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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
- 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: 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