旁边 pángbiān side
side, beside
How to remember 旁边: 旁 side + 边 side = side.
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How it is used
- 'Beside / next to' - a position word: 学校旁边 (xuéxiào pángbiān) next to the school, 我旁边 (wǒ pángbiān) beside me.
- Follows the reference noun (X 旁边), unlike English 'next to X'.
- Near-synonyms 隔壁 (gébì, next door) is specifically the adjacent room/house; 旁边 is general 'to the side'.
Example sentences
- 坐我旁边。 Zuò wǒ pángbiān.Sit beside me.
- 我坐在他旁边。 Wǒ zuòzài tā pángbiān.I sat by his side.
- 大家坐在桌子旁边。 Dàjiā zuò zài zhuōzi pángbiān.Everyone's sitting at the table.