HSK 6 · Verbs

濒临 bīnlín “to be on the verge of” in Chinese

Traditional 瀕臨

What 濒临 means

  1. to be on the verge of
  2. to border on
  3. on the edge of
  4. (fig.) on the verge of
  5. close to

How to say 濒临

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale濒bīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale临lín2nd tone, rising

濒临 in a sentence

  1. 这是一个濒临消失的物种。

    Zhè shì yí ge bīnlín xiāoshī de wùzhǒng.

    This is an endangered species.

    Sentence #797542 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 濒临 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 濒 (bīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
濒bīnto approach
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 频frequency · pínSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 频 (pín) hints at the sound. Compare it with bīn.

The character 临 (lín) drawn as one shape
临línto face

临 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 濒临

濒 16 strokes · 临 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 濒临

Words with 临

光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence面临miànlín · to face临时línshí · temporary临床línchuáng · clinical降临jiànglín · to arrive

More words: Common Verbs

变质biànzhì · to go bad编织biānzhī · to knit憋biē · to hold in (breath并列bìngliè · to stand side by side逼迫bīpò · to force拨bō · to dial搏斗bódòu · to fight补救bǔjiù · to remedy

FAQs

濒临 (bīnlín) means “to be on the verge of” or “to border on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bīnlín: bīn with a 1st tone, then lín 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, 濒临 is written 瀕臨. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type binlin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 濒临 from the suggestions. Typing binlin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
濒临 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.