HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Places

那边 nàbian “over there” in Chinese

Traditional 那邊

What 那边 means

  1. over there
  2. yonder

How to say 那边

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale那nà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own边bianneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

那边 in a sentence

  1. 飞机场在那边。

    Fēijīchǎng zài nàbian.

    The airport is over there.

    Sentence #638558 from Tatoeba

  2. 那边有人吗？

    Nàbian yǒurén ma?

    Is anyone over there?

    Sentence #5091361 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那边的两位女士是谁？

    Nàbian de liǎng wèi nǚshì shì shéi?

    Who are the two women over there?

    Sentence #3783463 from Tatoeba

How 那边 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 那 (nà) drawn as one shape
那nàthat; the; those

那 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidThe town 阝 on the right is over there: that.

The character 边 (biān) with each of its parts in a different colour
边biansuffix of a noun of locality
  • 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 那边

那 6 strokes · 边 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 那边

Words with 那

那nà · that那儿nàr · there那些nàxiē · those那个nàge · that one那里nàli · there那么nàme · like that那样nàyàng · that kind刹那chànà · instant

Words with 边

边biān · side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

More words: Places & Getting Around

电影院diànyǐngyuàn · cinema店diàn · shop国guó · country火车huǒchē · train那里nàli · there前qián · front书店shūdiàn · bookstore外边wàibian · outside

FAQs

那边 (nàbian) means “over there” or “yonder”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it nàbian: nà with a 4th tone, then bian with a neutral 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, 那边 is written 那邊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nabian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 那边 from the suggestions. Typing nabian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
那边 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.