边 biān side
side; edge; border; at the same time
怎么记住“边”: 辶 walking + 力 power = side. The hiker is walking up the mountain, and halfway he has no power left and has to step over to the side.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 辵 + 臱
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
边 = 辶 walking + 力 power
- 辶 walking meaning
- 力 power shape only
The hiker is walking up the mountain, and halfway he has no power left and has to step over to the side.
How it came to be
Walking gives the meaning; the full form had a sound part, which the simplified form replaced with the sign for power.
用法
- Turns a word into a location: 左边 (zuǒbian) the left, 里边 (lǐbian) inside, 旁边 (pángbiān) beside. Said toneless, -bian.
- Doubled as 一边…一边… it means doing two things at once: 一边走一边说 (yìbiān zǒu yìbiān shuō) walk and talk.
- Its literal sense is edge/border: 路边 (lùbiān) roadside, 海边 (hǎibiān) seaside.
含“边”的词语
- 外边wàibianoutsideHSK 1
- 这边zhèbiānthis sideHSK 1
- 那边nàbiānover thereHSK 1
- 旁边pángbiānsideHSK 2
- 左边zuǒbianthe left sideHSK 2
- 右边yòubianthe right (as opposed to left) sideHSK 2
- 一边yībiānone sideHSK 3
- 路边lùbiāncurbHSK 3
- 身边shēnbiānat one's sideHSK 3
- 周边zhōubiānperipheryHSK 6
- 半边天bànbiāntiānhalf the skyHSK 7
- 单边dānbiānunilateralHSK 7
- 双边shuāngbiānbilateralHSK 7
- 多边duōbiānmultilateralHSK 7
- 无边无际wúbiān-wújìboundlessHSK 7
- 边境biānjìngfrontierHSK 7
- 边界biānjièboundaryHSK 7
- 边远biānyuǎnfar from the centerHSK 7
- 边疆biānjiāngborder areaHSK 9
- 边缘biānyuánedgeHSK 9
例句
- 南边有饭店。 Nánbiān yǒu fàndiàn.There is a hotel at the south end.
- 我们去海边看日出。 Wǒmen qù hǎibiān kàn rìchū.We went to the beach to see the sunrise.
- 江边有很多船。 Jiāngbiān yǒu hěn duō chuán.There are many ships at the river bank.
- 海边的风景真美。 Hǎibiān de fēngjǐng zhēn měi.The scenery by the seaside is really beautiful.