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边
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Definitions
- 1. side
- 2. edge
- 3. margin
- 4. border
- 5. boundary
- 6. simultaneously
Example Sentences
1 shown六 边 形有六条 边 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 边
hexagon
media gossip
to marginalize
polygon
far from the center
extremely vast
marginalized people (not part of mainstream society)
over there
near
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)
marginal cost
(computing) sidebar
Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[lè shān], Sichuan
one side
Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991
bedtime story
sloping side
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu] in Jilin province 吉林省[jí lín shěng] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[yán jí shì]
to keep to the side
regular hexagon
the person who shares your bed
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu] in Jilin province 吉林省[jí lín shěng] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[yán jí shì]
Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan
remote area
(of a dress etc) border, edging
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
relevant
boundary
borderline personality disorder (BPD)
border area
border guard
octagon
boundless; limitless
Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Sichuan
equilateral triangle
lit. wind past your ear
the end
people living on the frontiers
border inspection
Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
irregular quadrilateral
Primorsky Krai (Russian territory whose administrative center is Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克)
Yanbian University (Jilin province)
spin-off merchandise
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省[jí lín shěng] in northeast China, capital Yanji City 延吉市[yán jí shì]
Ebian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[lè shān], Sichuan
Jingbian County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi
Jingbian County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi
Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
border area
frontier fortress
irrelevant
convex polygon
border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)
at one's side
side; adjacent place
border police
horizon
Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi
bilateral
sidewalk
to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
scalene triangle
not care about one's appearance (idiom)
triangle
outside
Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
river bank
not to the point
periphery
marginal returns
half of sth
border area
frame
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer
to keep to the edge (of path, river etc)
smooth talker
north
border area
Fabian Society
to have a connection with
lateral consonant (phonetics)
frontier stockade
to help develop the border areas
heptagon
(table tennis) edge ball
the top
fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation
unilateral
either side
lace
Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
right side
Ebian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[lè shān], Sichuan
to keep saying (sth) over and over
(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)
under
side door
limbic system
Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
border station
boundary layer
scrap
wing
to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
border town
Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia
A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
fireside
four sides
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc
to bend the rules
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear
unilateralism
lakeside
decagon
(textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
to echo what sb said
on hand
edge of the water
foreign invasion
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom)
border station
bedside
Pacific Rim
to back sb up
hem
lesbian (slang) (loanword)
to garrison the border
coast
Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century barrier
fringes of cloth
east
west
inside
boundary line
parallelogram
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
to strike the edge of the gong
pillow talk
Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花[pān zhī huā], south Sichuan
remote
edge
close to the border
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[yán biān cháo xiǎn zú zì zhì zhōu] in Jilin province 吉林省[jí lín shěng] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[yán jí shì]
krai (Russian administrative territory)
(geometry) side length
to make light contact with the edge of sth
(Cantonese) to eat hot pot
nonagon
without boundary
welt
river bank
half the sky
border district
to place sb on a border control list (a list of people to be detained if they attempt to enter or leave the country)
border collie (dog breed)
frontier
Mabian Yizu Autonomous County in Leshan 樂山|乐山[lè shān], Sichuan
base (of a triangle)
dodecagon
front
south
pentagon
border clash
the back; the rear; the last bit
frontier defense
outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc)
side window
to keep close to the edge
this side
Pascal's hexagon
quadrilateral
side
edge
Yongbyon (Ryeongbyeon), site of North Korean nuclear reactor
sideline
door frame
to hem
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
ornamental border
rim
Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi
limit
to sway (sb) through pillow talk
roadside stall
lace border (loanword)
(of a dress etc) border, edging
(engineering) corner case
bilateral trade
bodies governing a border area
multilateral
left
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[hóng hé hā ní zú yí zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
curb; roadside; wayside
clash on the frontier
(page) margin
shore
border checkpoint
leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)
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.
border area