边

bia̅n = bi + an1

side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously

边 = 力 + 辶 : Brunhilde fell down on the sidewalk in front of the anthill. One of her gladiator sandals got stuck in a electricity line at the side of the inn.

bian = bi + an5

suffix of a noun of locality

边 character breakdown

边
- 力
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 辶

lì = li + Ø4

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

力 = ㇆ + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

Characters with 边 as component

bia̅n = bi + an1

basket for fruits

Words with 边

back / rear / behind

the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards

on hand / at hand

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]

base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt)

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]

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]

r

erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hou4 bian5]

to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post

Yanbian University (Jilin province)

to bend the rules / to skirt around the issue

(Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot

to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)

to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)

r

erhua variant of 挨邊|挨边[ai1 bian1]

to hem / hem / to curl (at the edge)

to keep saying (sth) over and over

irrelevant / can't make head or tail of

to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age); to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)

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]

Sentences with 边

边 currently does not appear in any sentence.