HSK 2 · Places

旁边 pángbiān “side” in Chinese

Traditional 旁邊

What 旁边 means

  1. side, beside
  2. adjacent place

How to say 旁边

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale旁páng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale边biān1st tone, high and level

旁边 in a sentence

  1. 坐我旁边。

    Zuò wǒ pángbiān.

    Sit beside me.

    Sentence #1424389 from Tatoeba

  2. 我家旁边有几家商店。

    Wǒ jiā pángbiān yǒu jǐ jiā shāngdiàn.

    There are a few shops next to my house.

    Sentence #408838 from Tatoeba

  3. 狗坐在碗旁边。

    Gǒu zuò zài wǎn pángbiān.

    The dog is sitting by the bowl.

    Sentence #5911714 from Tatoeba

How 旁边 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 旁 (páng) drawn as one shape
旁pángone side

旁 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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.

How to write 旁边

旁 10 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.

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

Words related to 旁边

Words with 边

边biān · side那边nàbian · over there外边wàibian · outside这边zhèbiān · this 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 & Directions

教室jiàoshì · classroom公司gōngsī · company机场jīchǎng · airport路lù · road外wài · outside右边yòubian · right side左边zuǒbian · left side办公室bàngōngshì · office

FAQs

旁边 (pángbiān) means “side, beside” or “adjacent place”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it pángbiān: páng with a 2nd tone, then biān 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, 旁边 is written 旁邊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pangbian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 旁边 from the suggestions. Typing pangbian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
旁边 is an HSK 2 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.