Kilo Lingo

边

biān

Traditional: 边

#5059 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

side, edge

Stroke order

Stroke order for 边

边

Examples

店diàn。

There's a coffee shop over there.

。

Please come over here.

。

She always has friends around her.

。

Please stand by the side of the road.

桌zhuō。

One side of the table is broken.

边 (biān) means side or edge. It attaches to demonstratives and body words to mark location: 这边 (this side), 那边 (over there), and 身边 (at one's side).

Related words

那边

over there, that side

身边

at one's side, nearby

这边

this side, over here

Appears in 3 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 边.

那边nà biānover there, that side这边zhè biānthis side, over here身边shēn biānat one's side, nearby

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This word is part of lesson 102.