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(nà biān) - over there, that side in Mandarin

biān

Traditional: 那邊

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Coloured illustration of 那边
HSK 3
#403 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

over there, that side

Word origin

那边 (nàbiān) 'over there' joins the demonstrative 那 'that' with 边 'side, edge', literally 'that side'. 边 has the walking radical 辶 (movement) plus phonetic.

Origin
compound
Root
那 (that) + 边 (side, edge)

Stroke order

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Examples

He is waiting for you over there.

The bank is just over there.

Please go that way.

He is sitting over by the window.

There are many people over there.

那边 (nà biān) - over there, that side.

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This word is part of lesson 9.