HSK 6 · Places

边疆 biānjiāng “border region” in Chinese

Traditional 邊疆

What 边疆 means

  1. border region
  2. frontier
  3. border area
  4. borderland
  5. frontier region

How to say 边疆

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale疆jiāng1st tone, high and level

边疆 in a sentence

  1. 他在边疆地区工作了十年。

    Tā zài biānjiāng dìqū gōngzuò le shí nián.

    He worked in a border region for ten years.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这本书介绍了边疆的风景和生活。

    Zhè běn shū jièshào le biānjiāng de fēngjǐng hé shēnghuó.

    This book describes the scenery and life of the frontier regions.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 边疆 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 疆 (jiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
疆jiāngborder
  • 弓bow · gōng
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 畺boundary · jiāng

How to write 边疆

边 5 strokes · 疆 19 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 边疆

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

More words: Places & Geography

屋子wūzi · house县xiàn · county阳台yángtái · balcony北极běijí · the North Pole边界biānjiè · border边境biānjìng · border area边缘biānyuán · edge别墅biéshù · villa

FAQs

边疆 (biānjiāng) means “border region” or “frontier”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biānjiāng: biān with a 1st tone, then jiāng 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, 边疆 is written 邊疆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianjiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 边疆 from the suggestions. Typing bianjiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
边疆 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.