| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 边 | 邊 | biān | - side - edge - margin - border - boundary - CL:個|个[ge4] - simultaneously |
| 边 | 邊 | bian | - suffix of a noun of locality |
| 一边 | 一邊 | yībiān | - one side - either side - on the one hand - on the other hand - doing while |
| 上边 | 上邊 | shàngbian | - the top - above - overhead - upwards - the top margin - above-mentioned - those higher up |
| 下边 | 下邊 | xiàbian | - under - the underside - below |
| 傍边 | 傍邊 | bàngbiān | - near - beside |
| 两边 | 兩邊 | liǎngbian | - either side - both sides |
| 凸边 | 凸邊 | tūbiān | - rim - protruding edge |
| 前边 | 前邊 | qiánbian | - front - the front side - in front of |
| 北边 | 北邊 | běibiān | - north - north side - northern part - to the north of |
| 半边 | 半邊 | bànbiān | - half of sth - one side of sth |
| 南边 | 南邊 | nánbian | - south - south side - southern part - to the south of |
| 右边 | 右邊 | yòubian | - right side - right, to the right |
| 周边 | 周邊 | zhōubiān | - periphery - rim - surroundings - all around - perimeter - peripheral (computing) |
| 单边 | 單邊 | dānbiān | - unilateral |
| 四边 | 四邊 | sìbiān | - four sides |
| 外边 | 外邊 | wàibian | - outside - outer surface - abroad - place other than one's home |
| 多边 | 多邊 | duōbiān | - multilateral - polygon |
| 天边 | 天邊 | tiānbiān | - horizon - ends of the earth - remotest places |
| 定边 | 定邊 | Dìngbiān | - Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| 宁边 | 寧邊 | Níngbiān | - Yongbyon (Ryeongbyeon), site of North Korean nuclear reactor |
| 岸边 | 岸邊 | ànbiān | - shore |
| 左边 | 左邊 | zuǒbian | - left - the left side - to the left of |
| 床边 | 床邊 | chuángbiān | - bedside |
| 底边 | 底邊 | dǐbiān | - base (of a triangle) - base line - hem line (of skirt) |
| 延边 | 延邊 | Yánbiān | - Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 |
| 后边 | 後邊 | hòubian | - back - rear - behind |
| 戍边 | 戍邊 | shùbiān | - to garrison the border - to guard the frontier - exile to a border garrison post |
| 手边 | 手邊 | shǒubiān | - on hand - at hand |
| 挨边 | 挨邊 | āibiān | - to keep close to the edge - near the mark - close to (the true figure) - relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) |
| 支边 | 支邊 | zhībiān | - to help develop the border areas |
| 斜边 | 斜邊 | xiébiān | - sloping side - hypotenuse (of a right-angled triangle) |
| 旁边 | 旁邊 | pángbiān | - lateral - side - to the side - beside |
| 东边 | 東邊 | dōngbian | - east - east side - eastern part - to the east of |
| 林边 | 林邊 | Línbiān | - Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 毛边 | 毛邊 | máobiān | - raw edge (textiles, papermaking etc) - rough edge |
| 水边 | 水邊 | shuǐbiān | - edge of the water - waterside - shore (of sea, lake or river) |
| 江边 | 江邊 | jiāngbiān | - river bank |
| 河边 | 河邊 | hébiān | - river bank |
| 沾边 | 沾邊 | zhānbiān | - to have a connection with - to be close (to reality) - to be relevant - to have one's hand in |
| 沿边 | 沿邊 | yánbiān | - close to the border - along the border |
| 海边 | 海邊 | hǎibiān | - seaside |
| 湖边 | 湖邊 | húbiān | - lakeside |
| 溜边 | 溜邊 | liūbiān | - to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) - fig. to keep out of trouble - to avoid getting involved |
| 滚边 | 滾邊 | gǔnbiān | - (of a dress etc) border, edging |
| 无边 | 無邊 | wúbiān | - without boundary - not bordered |
| 炉边 | 爐邊 | lúbiān | - fireside |
| 绲边 | 緄邊 | gǔnbiān | - (of a dress etc) border, edging |
| 老边 | 老邊 | Lǎobiān | - Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning |
| 花边 | 花邊 | huābiān | - lace - decorative border |
| 着边 | 著邊 | zháobiān | - relevant - to the point - has sth to do with the matter (also used with negative) |
| 里边 | 裡邊 | lǐbian | - inside |
| 西边 | 西邊 | xībiān | - west - west side - western part - to the west of |
| 贴边 | 貼邊 | tiēbiān | - hem (of a garment) - to be relevant |
| 路边 | 路邊 | lùbiān | - curb - roadside - wayside |
| 身边 | 身邊 | shēnbiān | - at one's side - on hand |
| 这边 | 這邊 | zhèbiān | - this side - here |
| 边儿 | 邊兒 | biānr | - side - edge - margin - border - boundary - proximity - thread (of ideas, plots etc) - see also 邊|边[bian1] |
| 边区 | 邊區 | biānqū | - border area |
| 边卡 | 邊卡 | biānqiǎ | - border checkpoint |
| 边地 | 邊地 | biāndì | - border district - borderland |
| 边城 | 邊城 | biānchéng | - border town - remote town |
| 边塞 | 邊塞 | biānsài | - frontier fortress |
| 边境 | 邊境 | biānjìng | - frontier - border |
| 边坝 | 邊壩 | Biānbà | - Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet |
| 边寨 | 邊寨 | biānzhài | - frontier stockade |
| 边幅 | 邊幅 | biānfú | - cloth margin - fig. person's appearance - one's dress |
| 边币 | 邊幣 | biānbì | - Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation |
| 边庭 | 邊庭 | biāntíng | - bodies governing a border area |
| 边厢 | 邊廂 | biānxiāng | - side - side-room - room in the wings |
| 边患 | 邊患 | biānhuàn | - foreign invasion - disaster on border due to incursion |
| 边材 | 邊材 | biāncái | - sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) |
| 边框 | 邊框 | biānkuàng | - frame - rim |
| 边检 | 邊檢 | biānjiǎn | - border inspection - immigration inspection |
| 边民 | 邊民 | biānmín | - people living on the frontiers - inhabitants of a border area |
| 边沿 | 邊沿 | biānyán | - edge - fringe |
| 边界 | 邊界 | biānjiè | - boundary - border |
| 边疆 | 邊疆 | biānjiāng | - border area - borderland - frontier - frontier region |
| 边窗 | 邊窗 | biānchuāng | - side window |
| 边线 | 邊線 | biānxiàn | - sideline - foul line |
| 边缘 | 邊緣 | biānyuán | - edge - fringe - verge - brink - periphery - marginal - borderline |
| 边声 | 邊聲 | biānshēng | - outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc) |
| 边裔 | 邊裔 | biānyì | - remote area - distant marches |
| 边远 | 邊遠 | biānyuǎn | - far from the center - remote - outlying |
| 边鄙 | 邊鄙 | biānbǐ | - remote - border area |
| 边衅 | 邊釁 | biānxìn | - clash on the frontier - border conflict |
| 边锋 | 邊鋒 | biānfēng | - wing - wing forward |
| 边长 | 邊長 | biāncháng | - length (of a side, geom.) |
| 边门 | 邊門 | biānmén | - side door - wicket door |
| 边关 | 邊關 | biānguān | - border station - strategic defensive position on frontier |
| 边防 | 邊防 | biānfáng | - frontier defense |
| 边陲 | 邊陲 | biānchuí | - border area - frontier |
| 边际 | 邊際 | biānjì | - limit - bound - boundary - (economics) marginal |
| 边音 | 邊音 | biānyīn | - lateral consonant (phonetics) |
| 边头 | 邊頭 | biāntóu | - the end - border - just before the end |
| 那边 | 那邊 | nàbian | - over there - yonder |
| 金边 | 金邊 | Jīnbiān | - Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia |
| 双边 | 雙邊 | shuāngbiān | - bilateral |
| 靖边 | 靖邊 | Jìngbiān | - Jingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| 靠边 | 靠邊 | kàobiān | - to keep to the side - to pull over - move aside! |
| 页边 | 頁邊 | yèbiān | - (page) margin |
| 饰边 | 飾邊 | shìbiān | - ornamental border |
| 马边 | 馬邊 | Mǎbiān | - Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Sichuan |
| 盐边 | 鹽邊 | Yánbiān | - Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan |
| 七边形 | 七邊形 | qībiānxíng | - heptagon |
| 三边形 | 三邊形 | sānbiānxíng | - triangle |
| 上边儿 | 上邊兒 | shàngbianr | - erhua variant of 上邊|上边[shang4 bian5] |
| 下边儿 | 下邊兒 | xiàbianr | - erhua variant of 下邊|下边[xia4 bian5] |
| 九边形 | 九邊形 | jiǔbiānxíng | - nonagon |
| 五边形 | 五邊形 | wǔbiānxíng | - pentagon |
| 侧边栏 | 側邊欄 | cèbiānlán | - a side-bar (in software) |
| 八边形 | 八邊形 | bābiānxíng | - octagon |
| 六边形 | 六邊形 | liùbiānxíng | - hexagon |
| 前边儿 | 前邊兒 | qiánbianr | - erhua variant of 前邊|前边[qian2 bian5] |
| 北边儿 | 北邊兒 | běibiānr | - erhua variant of 北邊|北边[bei3 bian1] |
| 十边形 | 十邊形 | shíbiānxíng | - decagon |
| 半边天 | 半邊天 | bànbiāntiān | - half the sky - women of the new society - womenfolk |
| 南边儿 | 南邊兒 | nánbianr | - erhua variant of 南邊|南边[nan2 bian5] |
| 右边儿 | 右邊兒 | yòubianr | - erhua variant of 右邊|右边[you4 bian5] |
| 四边形 | 四邊形 | sìbiānxíng | - quadrilateral |
| 外边儿 | 外邊兒 | wàibianr | - erhua variant of 外邊|外边[wai4 bian5] |
| 多边形 | 多邊形 | duōbiānxíng | - polygon |
| 定边县 | 定邊縣 | DìngbiānXiàn | - Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| 峨边县 | 峨邊縣 | Ébiānxiàn | - Ebian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan |
| 左边儿 | 左邊兒 | zuǒbianr | - erhua variant of 左邊|左边[zuo3 bian5] |
| 延边州 | 延邊州 | Yánbiānzhōu | - Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 |
| 后边儿 | 後邊兒 | hòubianr | - erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hou4 bian5] |
| 打边炉 | 打邊爐 | dǎbiānlú | - (Cantonese) to eat hot pot - hot pot |
| 打边鼓 | 打邊鼓 | dǎbiāngǔ | - to echo what sb said - to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) |
| 挨边儿 | 挨邊兒 | āibiānr | - erhua variant of 挨邊|挨边[ai1 bian1] |
| 擦边球 | 擦邊球 | cābiānqiú | - lit. to hit a ball or shuttlecock on the sideline - fig. to skirt the line legally or morally |
| 敲边鼓 | 敲邊鼓 | qiāobiāngǔ | - to back sb up - to support sb in an argument - (lit. to beat nearby drum) |
| 旁边儿 | 旁邊兒 | pángbiānr | - erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边[pang2 bian1] |
| 有边儿 | 有邊兒 | yǒubiānr | - to be likely or possible - to begin to take shape - to be likely to succeed |
| 东边儿 | 東邊兒 | dōngbiānr | - erhua variant of 東邊|东边[dong1 bian5] |
| 林边乡 | 林邊鄉 | Línbiānxiāng | - Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 柳条边 | 柳條邊 | liǔtiáobiān | - Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century barrier |
| 毛边纸 | 毛邊紙 | máobiānzhǐ | - fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc - also written 毛邊|毛边[mao2 bian1] |
| 沿边儿 | 沿邊兒 | yánbiānr | - to trim (border with braid, tape etc) |
| 溜边儿 | 溜邊兒 | liūbiānr | - to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) - fig. to keep out of trouble - to avoid getting involved |
| 老边区 | 老邊區 | Lǎobiānqū | - Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning |
| 耳边风 | 耳邊風 | ěrbiānfēng | - lit. wind past your ear - fig. sth you don't pay much attention to - in one ear and out the other |
| 花边儿 | 花邊兒 | huābiānr | - erhua variant of 花邊|花边[hua1 bian1] |
| 着边儿 | 著邊兒 | zháobiānr | - erhua variant of 著邊|着边[zhao2 bian1] |
| 蕾丝边 | 蕾絲邊 | lěisībiān | - lesbian (slang) (loanword) |
| 里边儿 | 裡邊兒 | lǐbianr | - erhua variant of 裡邊|里边[li3 bian5] |
| 西边儿 | 西邊兒 | xībiānr | - erhua variant of 西邊|西边[xi1 bian1] |
| 费边社 | 費邊社 | Fèibiānshè | - Fabian Society |
| 这边儿 | 這邊兒 | zhèbiānr | - erhua variant of 這邊|这边[zhe4 bian1] |
| 边坝县 | 邊壩縣 | Biānbàxiàn | - Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet |
| 边界层 | 邊界層 | biānjiècéng | - boundary layer |
| 边界线 | 邊界線 | biānjièxiàn | - boundary line - border line |
| 边缘人 | 邊緣人 | biānyuánrén | - marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) - marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) |
| 边缘化 | 邊緣化 | biānyuánhuà | - to marginalize - marginalization |
| 边角料 | 邊角料 | biānjiǎoliào | - scrap - bits and pieces left over |
| 边角科 | 邊角科 | biānjiǎokē | - leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material) |
| 边防站 | 邊防站 | biānfángzhàn | - border station - frontier post |
| 边防军 | 邊防軍 | biānfángjūn | - border guard - frontier army |
| 门边框 | 門邊框 | ménbiānkuàng | - door frame - door pillars |
| 靖边县 | 靖邊縣 | JìngbiānXiàn | - Jingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| 马边县 | 馬邊縣 | Mǎbiānxiàn | - Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan |
| 盐边县 | 鹽邊縣 | Yánbiānxiàn | - Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan |
| 不修边幅 | 不修邊幅 | bùxiūbiānfú | - not care about one's appearance (idiom) - slovenly in dress and manner |
| 不着边际 | 不著邊際 | bùzhuóbiānjì | - not to the point - wide of the mark - neither here nor there - irrelevant |
| 凸多边形 | 凸多邊形 | tūduōbiānxíng | - convex polygon |
| 十二边形 | 十二邊形 | shíèrbiānxíng | - dodecagon |
| 单边主义 | 單邊主義 | dānbiānzhǔyì | - unilateralism |
| 多边协定 | 多邊協定 | duōbiānxiédìng | - multilateral agreement - cooperation agreement between different parties |
| 多边合作 | 多邊合作 | duōbiānhézuò | - multilateral cooperation |
| 多边贸易 | 多邊貿易 | duōbiānmàoyì | - multilateral trade |
| 延边地区 | 延邊地區 | Yánbiāndìqū | - Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 |
| 延边大学 | 延邊大學 | YánbiānDàxué | - Yanbian University (Jilin province) |
| 挂在嘴边 | 掛在嘴邊 | guàzàizuǐbiān | - to keep saying (sth) over and over |
| 正六边形 | 正六邊形 | zhèngliùbiānxíng | - regular hexagon |
| 漫无边际 | 漫無邊際 | mànwúbiānjì | - extremely vast - boundless - limitless - digressing - discursive - going off on tangents - straying far off topic |
| 无边无际 | 無邊無際 | wúbiānwújì | - boundless - limitless |
| 花边人物 | 花邊人物 | huābiānrénwù | - smooth talker - fast talker - slick and sociable person - person in the news |
| 花边新闻 | 花邊新聞 | huābiānxīnwén | - media gossip - sensational news |
| 蕾丝花边 | 蕾絲花邊 | lěisīhuābiān | - lace border (loanword) |
| 衣服缝边 | 衣服縫邊 | yīfúfèngbiān | - hem |
| 话到嘴边 | 話到嘴邊 | huàdàozuǐbiān | - to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind |
| 边境地区 | 邊境地區 | biānjìngdìqū | - border area |
| 边境冲突 | 邊境衝突 | biānjìngchōngtū | - border clash |
| 边缘地区 | 邊緣地區 | biānyuándìqū | - border area |
| 边防警察 | 邊防警察 | biānfángjǐngchá | - border police |
| 边际报酬 | 邊際報酬 | biānjìbàochóu | - marginal returns |
| 边际成本 | 邊際成本 | biānjìchéngběn | - marginal cost |
| 双边贸易 | 雙邊貿易 | shuāngbiānmàoyì | - bilateral trade |
| 太平洋周边 | 太平洋周邊 | TàipíngYángZhōubiān | - variant of 太平洋週邊|太平洋周边[Tai4 ping2 Yang2 Zhou1 bian1], Pacific Rim |
| 太平洋周边 | 太平洋週邊 | TàipíngYángZhōubiān | - Pacific Rim |
| 平行四边形 | 平行四邊形 | píngxíngsìbiānxíng | - parallelogram |
| 滨海边疆区 | 濱海邊疆區 | Bīnhǎibiānjiāngqū | - Primorsky Krai (Russian province around Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯託克|符拉迪沃斯托克) |
| 等边三角形 | 等邊三角形 | děngbiānsānjiǎoxíng | - equilateral triangle |
| 不等边三角形 | 不等邊三角形 | bùděngbiānsānjiǎoxíng | - scalene triangle |
| 不规则四边形 | 不規則四邊形 | bùguīzésìbiānxíng | - irregular quadrilateral - trapezium |
| 中俄边界协议 | 中俄邊界協議 | ZhōngÉbiānjièxiéyì | - Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991 |
| 中国西北边陲 | 中國西北邊陲 | Zhōngguóxīběibiānchuí | - border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang) |
| 多边贸易谈判 | 多邊貿易談判 | duōbiānmàoyìtánpàn | - multilateral trade talks |
| 帕斯卡六边形 | 帕斯卡六邊形 | pàsīkǎliùbiānxíng | - Pascal's hexagon |
| 兔子不吃窝边草 | 兔子不吃窩邊草 | tùzibùchīwōbiāncǎo | - A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors. |
| 妇女能顶半边天 | 婦女能頂半邊天 | fùnǚnéngdǐngbànbiāntiān | - Woman can hold up half the sky - fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society |
| 屏边苗族自治县 | 屏邊苗族自治縣 | Píngbiānmiáozúzìzhìxiàn | - Pingbian Mianzu autonomous county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan |
| 峨边彝族自治县 | 峨邊彞族自治縣 | Ébiānyízúzìzhìxiàn | - Ebian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan |
| 话到嘴边留三分 | 話到嘴邊留三分 | huàdàozuǐbiānliúsānfēn | - A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom) |
| 边缘性人格障碍 | 邊緣性人格障礙 | biānyuánxìngréngézhàngài | - borderline personality disorder (BPD) |
| 马边彝族自治县 | 馬邊彞族自治縣 | MǎbiānYízúZìzhìxiàn | - Mabian Yizu Autonomous County in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan |
| 延边朝鲜族自治州 | 延邊朝鮮族自治州 | YánbiānCháoxiǎnzúZìzhìzhōu | - Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4] |
| 苦海无边，回头是岸 | 苦海無邊，回頭是岸 | kǔhǎiwúbiān,huítóushìàn | - The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. - Repent and ye shall be saved! |
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