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边缘 biānyuán “edge” in Chinese

Traditional 邊緣

What 边缘 means

  1. edge
  2. fringe
  3. verge
  4. brink
  5. periphery
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • marginal
  • borderline

How to say 边缘

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale缘yuán2nd tone, rising

边缘 in a sentence

  1. 侧边栏显示在网站标志下方的页面边缘。

    Cèbiānlán xiǎnshì zài wǎngzhàn biāozhì xiàfāng de yèmiàn biānyuán.

    The sidebar is displayed on the edge of the page below the site logo.

    Sentence #13884578 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 边缘 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 缘 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
缘yuáncause
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 彖hog · tuànSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 彖 (tuàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

How to write 边缘

边 5 strokes · 缘 12 strokes

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

Words related to 边缘

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 缘

缘故yuángù · reason

More words: Places & Geography

北极běijí · the North Pole边疆biānjiāng · border region边界biānjiè · border边境biānjìng · border area别墅biéshù · villa仓库cāngkù · warehouse岔chà · fork (in a road)场所chǎngsuǒ · place

FAQs

边缘 (biānyuán) means “edge” or “fringe”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biānyuán: biān with a 1st tone, then yuán with a 2nd 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, 边缘 is written 邊緣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 边缘 from the suggestions. Typing bianyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
边缘 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.