HSK 6 · Places

边境 biānjìng “border area” in Chinese

Traditional 邊境

What 边境 means

  1. border area
  2. frontier
  3. border

How to say 边境

  • 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境jìng4th tone, falling

边境 in a sentence

  1. 在边境上，我被要求出示我的护照。

    Zài biānjìng shàng, wǒ bèi yāoqiú chūshì wǒ de hùzhào.

    At the border, I was asked to show my passport.

    Sentence #5465395 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这是一座边境小城。

    Zhè shì yí zuò biānjìng xiǎochéng.

    This is a small border town.

    Sentence #5951353 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我的朋友住在瑞士与德国边境附近。

    Wǒ de péngyou zhù zài Ruìshì yǔ Déguó biānjìng fùjìn.

    My friend lives near the border between Switzerland and Germany.

    Sentence #9956752 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 边境 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 境 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
境jìngborder
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 竟finally · jìngSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 竟 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

How to write 边境

边 5 strokes · 境 14 strokes

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

Words related to 边境

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 境

环境huánjìng · environment处境chǔjìng · situation境界jìngjiè · realm

More words: Places & Geography

阳台yángtái · balcony北极běijí · the North Pole边疆biānjiāng · border region边界biānjiè · border边缘biānyuán · edge别墅biéshù · villa仓库cāngkù · warehouse岔chà · fork (in a road)

FAQs

边境 (biānjìng) means “border area” or “frontier”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biānjìng: biān with a 1st tone, then jìng 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, 边境 is written 邊境. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianjing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 边境 from the suggestions. Typing bianjing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
边境 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.