边 biān side
side; edge; border; at the same time
How to remember 边: 辶 road + 力 power = side. Halfway up the mountain road the cyclist has no power left and has to pull over to the side.
Component breakdown
边 = 辶 road + 力 power
- 辶 road
- 力 power
Halfway up the mountain road the cyclist has no power left and has to pull over to the side.
How it is used
- Turns a word into a location - 左边 (zuǒbian) the left, 里边 (lǐbian) inside, 旁边 (pángbiān) beside. Said toneless, -bian.
- Doubled as 一边…一边… it means doing two things at once: 一边走一边说 (yìbiān zǒu yìbiān shuō) walk and talk.
- Its literal sense is edge/border: 路边 (lùbiān) roadside, 海边 (hǎibiān) seaside.
Words with 边
- 外边wàibianoutsideHSK 1
- 这边zhèbiānthis sideHSK 1
- 那边nàbiānover thereHSK 1
- 旁边pángbiānsideHSK 2
- 左边zuǒbianthe left sideHSK 2
- 右边yòubianthe right (as opposed to left) sideHSK 2
- 一边yībiānone sideHSK 3
- 路边lùbiāncurbHSK 3
- 身边shēnbiānat one's sideHSK 3
- 周边zhōubiānperipheryHSK 6
- 半边天bànbiāntiānhalf the skyHSK 7
- 单边dānbiānunilateralHSK 7
- 双边shuāngbiānbilateralHSK 7
- 多边duōbiānmultilateralHSK 7
- 无边无际wúbiān-wújìboundlessHSK 7
- 边境biānjìngfrontierHSK 7
- 边界biānjièboundaryHSK 7
- 边远biānyuǎnfar from the centerHSK 7
- 边疆biānjiāngborder areaHSK 9
- 边缘biānyuánedgeHSK 9
Example sentences
- 南边有饭店。 Nánbiān yǒu fàndiàn.There is a hotel at the south end.
- 我们去海边看日出。 Wǒmen qù hǎibiān kàn rìchū.We went to the beach to see the sunrise.
- 江边有很多船。 Jiāngbiān yǒu hěn duō chuán.There are many ships at the river bank.
- 海边的风景真美。 Hǎibiān de fēngjǐng zhēn měi.The scenery by the seaside is really beautiful.