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右边 yòubian “right side” in Chinese

Traditional 右邊

What 右边 means

  1. right side
  2. on the right
  3. right, to the right

How to say 右边

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale右yòu4th 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

右边 in a sentence

  1. 不赶时间的人们站在自动扶梯的右边。

    Bù gǎn shíjiān de rénmen zhàn zài zìdòng fútī de yòubian.

    People who are not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator.

    Sentence #1325199 from Tatoeba

  2. 他往右边移了书桌。

    Tā wǎng yòubian yí le shūzhuō.

    He moved the desk to the right.

    Sentence #659864 from Tatoeba

How 右边 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 右 (yòu) drawn as one shape
右yòuright; right-hand side

右 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 右边

右 5 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.

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

Words related to 右边

Words with 右

右yòu · right左右zuǒyòu · about座右铭zuòyòumíng · motto

Words with 边

边biān · side那边nàbian · over there外边wàibian · outside这边zhèbiān · this side旁边pángbiān · 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

机场jīchǎng · airport路lù · road旁边pángbiān · side外wài · outside左边zuǒbian · left side办公室bàngōngshì · office北方běifāng · north超市chāoshì · supermarket

FAQs

右边 (yòubian) means “right side” or “on the right”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it yòubian: yòu 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, 右边 is written 右邊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youbian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 右边 from the suggestions. Typing youbian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
右边 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.