HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Places

边 biān “side” in Chinese

Traditional 邊

What 边 means

  1. side
  2. edge
  3. margin
  4. border
  5. boundary
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • simultaneously

Measure word 个 gè · 一个边 yí ge biān

How to say 边

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale边biān1st tone, high and level

边 in a sentence

  1. 他到另一边去了。

    Tā dào lìng yì biān qù le.

    He went over to the other side.

    Sentence #623180 from Tatoeba

  2. 我站在你这边。

    Wǒ zhàn zài nǐ zhèbiān.

    I’m on your side.

    Sentence #1394786 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 坐我旁边。

    Zuò wǒ pángbiān.

    Sit beside me.

    Sentence #1424389 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 边 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.

How to write 边

边 5 strokes

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

Words related to 边

Words with 边

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边疆biānjiāng · border region

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车chē · car电影院diànyǐngyuàn · cinema店diàn · shop国guó · country检票jiǎnpiào · to check tickets区qū · district城chéng · city步bù · step

FAQs

边 (biān) means “side” or “edge”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it biān: biān with a 1st 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 is written 邊. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one side is 一个边 (yí ge biān).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 边 from the suggestions. Typing bian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
边 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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.