HSK 6 · Places

边界 biānjiè “border” in Chinese

Traditional 邊界

What 边界 means

  1. border
  2. boundary

How to say 边界

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale边biān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale界jiè4th tone, falling

边界 in a sentence

  1. 我很讨厌没有边界感的人。

    Wǒ hěn tǎoyàn méiyǒu biānjiè gǎn de rén.

    I really dislike people who have no sense of boundaries.

    Sentence #13894754 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 边界 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 边 (biān) with each of its parts in a different colour
边biānside
  • 力strength · lì
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

Memory aidWalk 辶 with all your strength 力 to reach the edge: side, edge.

The character 界 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
界jièboundary; border
  • 田field · tiánMeaning part
  • 介agent · jièSound part

田 hints at the meaning (field); 介 (jiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiè.

How to write 边界

边 5 strokes · 界 9 strokes

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边界 (biānjiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 边界 (biānjiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 边界

Words with 边

边biān · side那边nàbian · over there外边wàibian · outside这边zhèbiān · this side旁边pángbiān · side右边yòubian · right side左边zuǒbian · left side一边yìbiān · one side身边shēnbiān · at one’s side路边lùbiān · roadside

Words with 界

世界shìjiè · world界限jièxiàn · boundary境界jìngjiè · realm外界wàijiè · the outside world

More words: Places & Geography

县xiàn · county阳台yángtái · balcony北极běijí · the North Pole边疆biānjiāng · border region边境biānjìng · border area边缘biānyuán · edge别墅biéshù · villa仓库cāngkù · warehouse

FAQs

边界 (biānjiè) means “border” or “boundary”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biānjiè: biān with a 1st tone, then jiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 边界 is written 邊界. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 边界 from the suggestions. Typing bianjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
边界 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.