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邊
邊
Translingual
| Traditional | 邊 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 辺 |
| Simplified | 边 |
Han character
邊 (radical 162 辵+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹山尸 (YHUS), four-corner 36302, composition ⿺辶臱)
References
- KangXi: page 1267, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39216
- Dae Jaweon: page 1765, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3894, character 3
- Unihan data for U+908A
Chinese
| trad. | 邊 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 边 | |
| alt. forms | 邉 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (臱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 臱 | *men |
| 矏 | *men, *meːn |
| 櫋 | *men |
| 籩 | *mpeːn |
| 邊 | *mpeːn |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bin1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): piên
- Min Nan (POJ): piⁿ / pian
- Wu (Wiktionary): pi (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
- Wade-Giles: pien1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
- IPA (key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bin1
- Yale: bīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bin1
- IPA (key): /piːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piên
- Hakka Romanization System: bien´
- Hagfa Pinyim: bian1
- IPA: /pi̯en²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piⁿ / pian
- Tâi-lô: pinn / pian
- Phofsit Daibuun: pvy, piefn
- IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ³³/, /piɛn³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
- Note: piⁿ - vernacular; pian - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: pi (T1)
- IPA (key): /pi⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 邊 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pian⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /pian⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /pian²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /piã²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /piã²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /pian²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /piã²¹/ | |
| Xining | /piã⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /pian⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /piɛ̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /pian⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /piɛn⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /pian⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /pian⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /piɛ̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /pien³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /piĩ²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pie¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /pie̞¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /pie³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pi⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /piɪ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /piẽ̞³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /pi³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /pe³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /piɛ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /piẽ³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /piẽ³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /piɛn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pien⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /pien²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pin⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /pin⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /pin⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/pian⁵⁵/ /pĩ⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /pieŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /piŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) |
/piaŋ³³/ /pĩ³³/ |
|
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/ʔbin²³/ /ʔbi²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 邊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 布玄切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/pen/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/pen/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/pɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/pɛn/ |
| Li Rong |
/pen/ |
| Wang Li |
/pien/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/pien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
biān |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 邊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
biān |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ pen › |
| Old Chinese |
/*pˤe[n]/ |
| English | side |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 邊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9056 |
| Phonetic component |
臱 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
邊 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mpeːn/ |
Definitions
邊
- edge; border; side
-
- 在懸崖邊行走是危險的。 [MSC, trad.]
- 在悬崖边行走是危险的。 [MSC, simp.]
- Zài xuányá biān xíngzǒu shì wēixiǎn de. [Pinyin]
- It is dangerous to walk near the edge of a cliff.
-
- 她的手帕有一條藍邊。 [MSC, trad.]
- 她的手帕有一条蓝边。 [MSC, simp.]
- Tā de shǒupà yǒu yī tiáo lán biān. [Pinyin]
- Her handkerchief has a blue border.
-
- 冰涼的水在船邊泛起泡沫。 [MSC, trad.]
- 冰凉的水在船边泛起泡沫。 [MSC, simp.]
- Bīngliáng de shuǐ zài chuán biān fàn qǐ pàomò. [Pinyin]
- The icy cold water foamed over the side of the boat.
-
- border; boundary
- (geometry) side
- Suffix for locality noun.
- (used before each verb of simultaneous actions) while
-
- 我邊等邊瀏覽幾本雜誌。 [MSC, trad.]
- 我边等边浏览几本杂志。 [MSC, simp.]
- Wǒ biān děng biān liúlǎn jǐ běn zázhì. [Pinyin]
- I browsed through some magazines while I waited.
-
- 你喜歡邊聽音樂邊做作業嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
- 你喜欢边听音乐边做作业吗？ [MSC, simp.]
- Nǐ xǐhuān biān tīng yīnyuè biān zuò zuòyè ma? [Pinyin]
- Do you listen to music while doing your homework?
-
- (Cantonese) where
- (Cantonese) which
- (Cantonese) how could one possibly
Synonyms
- (where):
| Dialectal synonyms of 哪裡 (“where”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 何處、何許 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 哪裡 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 哪兒、哪兒合兒 colloquial、哪合兒 colloquial |
| Taiwan | 哪裡 | |
| Tianjin | 哪兒、哪兒合兒 colloquial、哪合兒 colloquial | |
| Jinan | 哪、哪裡 | |
| Xi'an | 哪搭兒 | |
| Wuhan | 哪裡、啥裡、哪塊些、啥塊些 | |
| Chengdu | 哪兒 | |
| Yangzhou | 哪塊 | |
| Hefei | 哪格子、哪蒿子、哪塊子、哪塊 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 邊度、邊處、邊 |
| Hong Kong | 邊度、邊處、邊 | |
| Taishan | 哪 | |
| Yangjiang | 邊、邊處、邊處塗 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 哪仔 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 哪位 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 哪、哪仔、哪跡仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 哪位 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 哪位 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 哪位 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 哪位 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 哪裡 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 呢裡 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 底所、底塊 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 佗落、佗、佗一位、佗位 |
| Xiamen | 佗落、佗、佗一位、佗位、佗一帶、佗帶 | |
| Zhangzhou | 佗落、佗落仔、佗、佗一位、佗位 | |
| Taipei | 佗位 | |
| Kaohsiung | 佗位 | |
| Tainan | 佗位 | |
| Taichung | 佗位 | |
| Yilan | 佗位、佗位仔 | |
| Lukang | 佗落 | |
| Sanxia | 佗位 | |
| Kinmen | 佗 | |
| Magong | 佗位 | |
| Hsinchu | 佗位 | |
| Malaysia | 佗落 | |
| Chaozhou | 底塊、底囝 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿裡、啥地方、阿裡搭、啥場化 dated |
| Suzhou | 啥場化 | |
| Wenzhou | 若屋宕、若屋 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哪裡、何至、啥塊子 |
| Shuangfeng | 哪裡 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 邊
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References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #12908”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
邊
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 辺)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
邊 • (byeon) (hangeul 변)
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