| 边 | [ biān ] side, edge, margin, border, boundary, CL:個|个[ge4], simultaneously |
| 边 | [ bian ] suffix of a noun of locality |
| 边儿 | [ biān ] side, edge, margin, border, boundary, proximity, thread (of ideas, plots etc), see also 邊|边[bian1] |
| 边区 | [ biān qū ] border area |
| 边卡 | [ biān qiǎ ] border checkpoint |
| 边地 | [ biān dì ] border district, borderland |
| 边城 | [ biān chéng ] border town, remote town |
| 边塞 | [ biān saì ] frontier fortress |
| 边境 | [ biān jìng ] frontier, border |
| 边境地区 | [ biān jìng dì qū ] border area |
| 边境冲突 | [ biān jìng chōng tū ] border clash |
| 边坝 | [ biān bà ] Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet |
| 边坝县 | [ biān bà xiàn ] Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet |
| 边寨 | [ biān zhaì ] frontier stockade |
| 边幅 | [ biān fú ] cloth margin, fig. person's appearance, one's dress |
| 边币 | [ biān bì ] Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation |
| 边庭 | [ biān tíng ] bodies governing a border area |
| 边厢 | [ biān xiāng ] side, side-room, room in the wings |
| 边患 | [ biān huàn ] foreign invasion, disaster on border due to incursion |
| 边控 | [ biān kòng ] border control (abbr. for 邊境控制|边境控制[bian1 jing4 kong4 zhi4]), to place sb on a border control list (a list of people to be detained if they attempt to enter or leave the country) |
| 边材 | [ biān caí ] sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) |
| 边框 | [ biān kuàng ] frame, rim |
| 边检 | [ biān jiǎn ] border inspection, immigration inspection |
| 边民 | [ biān mín ] people living on the frontiers, inhabitants of a border area |
| 边沁 | [ biān qìn ] Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer |
| 边沿 | [ biān yán ] edge, fringe |
| 边牧 | [ biān mù ] border collie (dog breed) |
| 边界 | [ biān jiè ] boundary, border |
| 边界层 | [ biān jiè céng ] boundary layer |
| 边界线 | [ biān jiè xiàn ] boundary line, border line |
| 边疆 | [ biān jiāng ] border area, borderland, frontier, frontier region |
| 边疆区 | [ biān jiāng qū ] krai (Russian administrative territory) |
| 边窗 | [ biān chuāng ] side window |
| 边线 | [ biān xiàn ] sideline, foul line |
| 边缘 | [ biān yuán ] edge, fringe, verge, brink, periphery, marginal, borderline |
| 边缘人 | [ biān yuán rén ] 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 | [ biān yuán huà ] to marginalize, marginalization |
| 边缘地区 | [ biān yuán dì qū ] border area |
| 边缘性人格障碍 | [ biān yuán xìng rén gé zhàng aì ] borderline personality disorder (BPD) |
| 边缘系统 | [ biān yuán xì tǒng ] limbic system |
| 边声 | [ biān shēng ] outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc) |
| 边裔 | [ biān yì ] remote area, distant marches |
| 边角料 | [ biān ] scrap, bits and pieces left over |
| 边角案例 | [ biān àn lì ] (engineering) corner case |
| 边角科 | [ biān kē ] leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material) |
| 边路 | [ biān lù ] sidewalk, side road, shoulder (of a road), wing (soccer) |
| 边远 | [ biān yuǎn ] far from the center, remote, outlying |
| 边鄙 | [ biān bǐ ] remote, border area |
| 边衅 | [ biān xìn ] clash on the frontier, border conflict |
| 边锋 | [ biān fēng ] wing, wing forward |
| 边长 | [ biān cháng ] length (of a side, geom.) |
| 边门 | [ biān mén ] side door, wicket door |
| 边关 | [ biān guān ] border station, strategic defensive position on frontier |
| 边防 | [ biān fáng ] frontier defense |
| 边防站 | [ biān fáng zhàn ] border station, frontier post |
| 边防警察 | [ biān fáng jǐng chá ] border police |
| 边防军 | [ biān fáng jūn ] border guard, frontier army |
| 边陲 | [ biān chuí ] border area, frontier |
| 边际 | [ biān jì ] limit, bound, boundary, (economics) marginal |
| 边际报酬 | [ biān jì baò choú ] marginal returns |
| 边际成本 | [ biān jì chéng běn ] marginal cost |
| 边音 | [ biān yīn ] lateral consonant (phonetics) |
| 边头 | [ biān toú ] the end, border, just before the end |
| ⇒ 一边 | [ yī biān ] one side, either side, on the one hand, on the other hand, doing while |
| ⇒ 一边倒 | [ yī biān daǒ ] to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side, to support unconditionally |
| ⇒ 七边形 | [ qī biān xíng ] heptagon |
| ⇒ 三边形 | [ sān biān xíng ] triangle |
| ⇒ 上边 | [ shàng bian ] the top, above, overhead, upwards, the top margin, above-mentioned, those higher up |
| ⇒ 上边儿 | [ shàng bian ] erhua variant of 上邊|上边[shang4 bian5] |
| ⇒ 下边 | [ xià bian ] under, the underside, below |
| ⇒ 下边儿 | [ xià bian ] erhua variant of 下邊|下边[xia4 bian5] |
| ⇒ 不修边幅 | [ bù xiū biān fú ] not care about one's appearance (idiom), slovenly in dress and manner |
| ⇒ 不等边三角形 | [ bù děng biān sān xíng ] scalene triangle |
| ⇒ 不着边际 | [ bù zhuó biān jì ] not to the point, wide of the mark, neither here nor there, irrelevant |
| ⇒ 不规则四边形 | [ bù guī zé sì biān xíng ] irregular quadrilateral, trapezium |
| ⇒ 中俄边界协议 | [ zhōng é biān jiè xié yì ] Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991 |
| ⇒ 中国西北边陲 | [ zhōng guó xī beǐ biān chuí ] border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang) |
| ⇒ 九边形 | [ jiǔ biān xíng ] nonagon |
| ⇒ 五边形 | [ wǔ biān xíng ] pentagon |
| ⇒ 住海边 | [ zhù haǐ biān ] (fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista) |
| ⇒ 侧边栏 | [ cè biān lán ] a side-bar (in software) |
| ⇒ 傍边 | [ bàng biān ] near, beside |
| ⇒ 兔子不吃窝边草 | [ tù zi bù chī wō biān caǒ ] A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors. |
| ⇒ 两边 | [ liǎng bian ] either side, both sides |
| ⇒ 八边形 | [ bā biān xíng ] octagon |
| ⇒ 六边形 | [ liù biān xíng ] hexagon |
| ⇒ 凸多边形 | [ tū duō biān xíng ] convex polygon |
| ⇒ 凸边 | [ tū biān ] rim, protruding edge |
| ⇒ 前边 | [ qián bian ] front, the front side, in front of |
| ⇒ 前边儿 | [ qián bian ] erhua variant of 前邊|前边[qian2 bian5] |
| ⇒ 北边 | [ beǐ biān ] north, north side, northern part, to the north of |
| ⇒ 北边儿 | [ beǐ biān ] erhua variant of 北邊|北边[bei3 bian1] |
| ⇒ 十二边形 | [ shí èr biān xíng ] dodecagon |
| ⇒ 十边形 | [ shí biān xíng ] decagon |
| ⇒ 半边 | [ bàn biān ] half of sth, one side of sth |
| ⇒ 半边天 | [ bàn biān tiān ] half the sky, women of the new society, womenfolk |
| ⇒ 南边 | [ nán bian ] south, south side, southern part, to the south of |
| ⇒ 南边儿 | [ nán bian ] erhua variant of 南邊|南边[nan2 bian5] |
| ⇒ 右边 | [ yoù bian ] right side, right, to the right |
| ⇒ 右边儿 | [ yoù bian ] erhua variant of 右邊|右边[you4 bian5] |
| ⇒ 吹枕边风 | [ chuī zhěn biān fēng ] to sway (sb) through pillow talk |
| ⇒ 周边 | [ zhoū biān ] periphery, rim, surroundings, all around, perimeter, peripheral (computing), spin-offs |
| ⇒ 周边商品 | [ zhoū biān shāng pǐn ] spin-off merchandise |
| ⇒ 单边 | [ dān biān ] unilateral |
| ⇒ 单边主义 | [ dān biān zhǔ yì ] unilateralism |
| ⇒ 四边 | [ sì biān ] four sides |
| ⇒ 四边形 | [ sì biān xíng ] quadrilateral |
| ⇒ 外边 | [ waì bian ] outside, outer surface, abroad, place other than one's home |
| ⇒ 外边儿 | [ waì bian ] erhua variant of 外邊|外边[wai4 bian5] |
| ⇒ 多边 | [ duō biān ] multilateral |
| ⇒ 多边形 | [ duō biān xíng ] polygon |
| ⇒ 天边 | [ tiān biān ] horizon, ends of the earth, remotest places |
| ⇒ 太平洋周边 | [ taì píng yáng zhoū biān ] variant of 太平洋週邊|太平洋周边[Tai4 ping2 Yang2 Zhou1 bian1], Pacific Rim |
| ⇒ 太平洋周边 | [ taì píng yáng zhoū biān ] Pacific Rim |
| ⇒ 太阳从西边出来 | [ taì yáng cóng xī biān chū laí ] lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom), fig. hell freezes over, pigs can fly |
| ⇒ 妇女能顶半边天 | [ fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān ] Woman can hold up half the sky, fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society |
| ⇒ 定边 | [ dìng biān ] Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 定边县 | [ dìng biān xiàn ] Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 宁边 | [ níng biān ] Yongbyon (Ryeongbyeon), site of North Korean nuclear reactor |
| ⇒ 屏边苗族自治县 | [ píng biān zú zì zhì xiàn ] 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 |
| ⇒ 岸边 | [ àn biān ] shore |
| ⇒ 峨边彝族自治县 | [ é biān yí zú zì zhì xiàn ] Ebian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 峨边县 | [ é biān xiàn ] Ebian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 左边 | [ zuǒ bian ] left, the left side, to the left of |
| ⇒ 左边儿 | [ zuǒ bian ] erhua variant of 左邊|左边[zuo3 bian5] |
| ⇒ 帕斯卡六边形 | [ pà sī kǎ liù biān xíng ] Pascal's hexagon |
| ⇒ 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 | [ cháng zaì hé biān zoǔ nǎ yoǔ bù shī xié ] a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb), (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe) |
| ⇒ 平行四边形 | [ píng xíng sì biān xíng ] parallelogram |
| ⇒ 床边 | [ chuáng biān ] bedside |
| ⇒ 底边 | [ dǐ biān ] base (of a triangle), base line, hem line (of skirt) |
| ⇒ 延边 | [ yán biān ] Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4] |
| ⇒ 延边地区 | [ yán biān dì qū ] Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4] |
| ⇒ 延边大学 | [ yán biān dà xué ] Yanbian University (Jilin province) |
| ⇒ 延边州 | [ yán biān zhoū ] Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4] |
| ⇒ 延边朝鲜族自治州 | [ yán biān chaó xiǎn zú zì zhì zhoū ] 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] |
| ⇒ 后边 | [ hoù bian ] back, rear, behind |
| ⇒ 后边儿 | [ hoù bian ] erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hou4 bian5] |
| ⇒ 戍边 | [ shù biān ] to garrison the border, to guard the frontier, exile to a border garrison post |
| ⇒ 手边 | [ shoǔ biān ] on hand, at hand |
| ⇒ 打擦边球 | [ dǎ cā biān qiú ] to bend the rules, to skirt around the issue |
| ⇒ 打边炉 | [ dǎ biān lú ] (Cantonese) to eat hot pot, hot pot |
| ⇒ 打边鼓 | [ dǎ biān gǔ ] to echo what sb said, to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) |
| ⇒ 挨边 | [ aī biān ] to keep close to the edge, near the mark, close to (the true figure), relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) |
| ⇒ 挨边儿 | [ aī biān ] erhua variant of 挨邊|挨边[ai1 bian1] |
| ⇒ 卷边 | [ juǎn biān ] to hem, hem, to curl (at the edge) |
| ⇒ 挂在嘴边 | [ guà zaì zuǐ biān ] to keep saying (sth) over and over |
| ⇒ 摸不着边 | [ mō bu zhaó biān ] irrelevant, can't make head or tail of |
| ⇒ 擦边球 | [ cā biān qiú ] (table tennis) edge ball, (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable |
| ⇒ 支边 | [ zhī biān ] to help develop the border areas |
| ⇒ 敲边鼓 | [ biān gǔ ] to back sb up, to support sb in an argument, (lit. to beat nearby drum) |
| ⇒ 敲锣边儿 | [ luó biān er ] to strike the edge of the gong, (fig.) to stir the pot (i.e. cause or exacerbate a dispute) |
| ⇒ 斜边 | [ xié biān ] sloping side, hypotenuse (of a right-angled triangle) |
| ⇒ 旁边 | [ páng biān ] lateral, side, to the side, beside |
| ⇒ 旁边儿 | [ páng biān ] erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边[pang2 bian1] |
| ⇒ 有边儿 | [ yoǔ biān ] to be likely or possible, to begin to take shape, to be likely to succeed |
| ⇒ 东边 | [ dōng bian ] east, east side, eastern part, to the east of |
| ⇒ 东边儿 | [ dōng biān ] erhua variant of 東邊|东边[dong1 bian5] |
| ⇒ 枕边人 | [ zhěn biān rén ] the person who shares your bed, partner, spouse |
| ⇒ 枕边故事 | [ zhěn biān gù shi ] bedtime story |
| ⇒ 枕边风 | [ zhěn biān fēng ] pillow talk |
| ⇒ 林边 | [ lín biān ] Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 林边乡 | [ lín biān xiāng ] Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| ⇒ 柳条边 | [ liǔ biān ] Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century barrier |
| ⇒ 正六边形 | [ zhèng liù biān xíng ] regular hexagon |
| ⇒ 毛边 | [ maó biān ] raw edge (textiles, papermaking etc), rough edge |
| ⇒ 毛边纸 | [ maó biān zhǐ ] fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc, also written 毛邊|毛边[mao2 bian1] |
| ⇒ 水边 | [ shuǐ biān ] edge of the water, waterside, shore (of sea, lake or river) |
| ⇒ 江边 | [ jiāng biān ] river bank |
| ⇒ 河边 | [ hé biān ] river bank |
| ⇒ 沾边 | [ zhān biān ] to have a connection with, to be close (to reality), to be relevant, to have one's hand in |
| ⇒ 沿边 | [ yán biān ] close to the border, along the border |
| ⇒ 沿边儿 | [ yán biān ] to trim (border with braid, tape etc) |
| ⇒ 海边 | [ haǐ biān ] coast, seaside, seashore, beach |
| ⇒ 渡边 | [ dù biān ] Watanabe (Japanese surname) |
| ⇒ 湖边 | [ hú biān ] lakeside |
| ⇒ 溜边 | [ liū biān ] to keep to the edge (of path, river etc), fig. to keep out of trouble, to avoid getting involved |
| ⇒ 溜边儿 | [ liū biān ] to keep to the edge (of path, river etc), fig. to keep out of trouble, to avoid getting involved |
| ⇒ 滚边 | [ gǔn biān ] (of a dress etc) border, edging |
| ⇒ 漫无边际 | [ màn wú biān jì ] extremely vast, boundless, limitless, digressing, discursive, going off on tangents, straying far off topic |
| ⇒ 滨海边疆区 | [ bīn haǐ biān jiāng qū ] Primorsky Krai (Russian territory whose administrative center is Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克) |
| ⇒ 无边 | [ wú biān ] without boundary, not bordered |
| ⇒ 无边无际 | [ wú biān wú jì ] boundless, limitless |
| ⇒ 炉边 | [ lú biān ] fireside |
| ⇒ 当耳边风 | [ dàng ěr biān fēng ] lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear, fig. to completely disregard |
| ⇒ 等边三角形 | [ děng biān sān xíng ] equilateral triangle |
| ⇒ 绲边 | [ gǔn biān ] (of a dress etc) border, edging |
| ⇒ 缭边儿 | [ biān ] to stitch a hem |
| ⇒ 老边 | [ laǒ biān ] Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning |
| ⇒ 老边区 | [ laǒ biān qū ] Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning |
| ⇒ 耳边风 | [ ěr biān fēng ] lit. wind past your ear, fig. sth you don't pay much attention to, in one ear and out the other |
| ⇒ 花边 | [ huā biān ] lace, decorative border |
| ⇒ 花边人物 | [ huā biān rén wù ] smooth talker, fast talker, slick and sociable person, person in the news |
| ⇒ 花边儿 | [ huā biān ] erhua variant of 花邊|花边[hua1 bian1] |
| ⇒ 花边新闻 | [ huā biān xīn wén ] media gossip, sensational news |
| ⇒ 苦海无边，回头是岸 | [ kǔ haǐ wú biān huí toú shì àn ] 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! |
| ⇒ 着边 | [ zhaó biān ] relevant, to the point, has sth to do with the matter (also used with negative) |
| ⇒ 着边儿 | [ zhaó biān ] erhua variant of 著邊|着边[zhao2 bian1] |
| ⇒ 蕾丝花边 | [ leǐ sī huā biān ] lace border (loanword) |
| ⇒ 蕾丝边 | [ leǐ sī biān ] lesbian (slang) (loanword) |
| ⇒ 衣服缝边 | [ yī fú fèng biān ] hem |
| ⇒ 里边 | [ lǐ bian ] inside |
| ⇒ 里边儿 | [ lǐ bian ] erhua variant of 裡邊|里边[li3 bian5] |
| ⇒ 西边 | [ xī biān ] west, west side, western part, to the west of |
| ⇒ 西边儿 | [ xī biān ] erhua variant of 西邊|西边[xi1 bian1] |
| ⇒ 话到嘴边 | [ huà daò zuǐ biān ] to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind |
| ⇒ 话到嘴边留三分 | [ huà daò zuǐ biān liú sān fēn ] A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 费边社 | [ feì biān shè ] Fabian Society |
| ⇒ 贴边 | [ tiē biān ] welt, facing (of a garment), to be relevant |
| ⇒ 路边 | [ lù biān ] curb, roadside, wayside |
| ⇒ 身边 | [ shēn biān ] at one's side, on hand |
| ⇒ 这边 | [ zhè biān ] this side, here |
| ⇒ 这边儿 | [ zhè biān ] erhua variant of 這邊|这边[zhe4 bian1] |
| ⇒ 那边 | [ nà bian ] over there, yonder |
| ⇒ 金边 | [ jīn biān ] Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia |
| ⇒ 镶边 | [ xiāng biān ] edge, border, to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) |
| ⇒ 门边框 | [ mén biān kuàng ] door frame, door pillars |
| ⇒ 双边 | [ shuāng biān ] bilateral |
| ⇒ 双边贸易 | [ shuāng biān maò yì ] bilateral trade |
| ⇒ 靖边 | [ jìng biān ] Jingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 靖边县 | [ jìng biān xiàn ] Jingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| ⇒ 靠边 | [ kaò biān ] to keep to the side, to pull over, move aside! |
| ⇒ 页边 | [ yè biān ] (page) margin |
| ⇒ 饰边 | [ shì biān ] ornamental border |
| ⇒ 马边 | [ mǎ biān ] Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Sichuan |
| ⇒ 马边彝族自治县 | [ mǎ biān yí zú zì zhì xiàn ] Mabian Yizu Autonomous County in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 马边县 | [ mǎ biān xiàn ] Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 盐边 | [ yán biān ] Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan |
| ⇒ 盐边县 | [ yán biān xiàn ] Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[Pan1 zhi1 hua1], south Sichuan |
