边 biān, bian — edge; side; border; margin; brink; brim; fringe; verge

边

Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #337

Traditional: 邊

biān bian1

Basic definition

noun
  1. edge; side; border; margin; brink; brim; fringe; verge e.g 边缘海边河边
  2. border; frontier; boundary; limit; boundary line; march; confines e.g 边界边疆边境
  3. side; direction; place; region; locality; aspect; flank e.g 旁边东边上边
  4. side (of a polygon); edge; line; ray; boundary; facet e.g 等边边角
adverb
  1. while; as; simultaneously; alongside; on the one hand ... on the other e.g 边干边学边学边用

Detailed explanation

noun
  1. (形声。从辵( chuò),臱( mián)声。本义:山崖的边缘)
  2. margin;edge;brim e.g 崖边 · 岸边 · 水池边 · 边侧 · 边涯
  3. border;frontier e.g 边民 边人 · 边缺 · 边任 · 边庭 · 边夷 · 边功
  4. side e.g 左边右边 边厢 · 边邦 · 边近
  5. limit e.g 无边无边无际 边梢
  6. border area e.g 边府 · 边币
  7. 方位词的后缀 e.g 东边西边后边前边
  8. 姓
verb
  1. be close to e.g 边鄙 边海 · 边带

bian bian5

Basic definition

  1. noun neutral-tone suffix for location words; east side, inside, beside e.g 里边旁边后边

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