边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn 边境 邊境 biān jìng frontier / border syn 边界 邊界 biān jiè boundary / border syn 海关 海關 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4] 镇长 鎮長 zhèn zhǎng town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff 越界 yuè jiè to cross a border / to overstep a bound 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade 国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries 出界 chū jiè to cross a border / (sport) to go out of bounds 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 花边 花邊 huā biān lace / decorative border syn 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn 国境 國境 guó jìng national border / frontier syn 越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country 镶边 鑲邊 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn 接壤 jiē rǎng to border on syn 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 滚边 滾邊 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging syn 边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region syn 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 边陲 邊陲 biān chuí border area / frontier syn 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 边关 邊關 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier syn 鸭绿江 鴨綠江 yā lù jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia 哨卡 shào qiǎ border sentry post syn 疆界 jiāng jiè border / boundary syn 界河 jiè hé border river (between countries or regions) 游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 南疆 nán jiāng southern border (of a country) 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 太行山 tài háng shān Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi 边区 邊區 biān qū border area syn 跨境 kuà jìng cross-border 中国海关 中國海關 zhōng guó hǎi guān Chinese customs (i.e. border police) 开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies 南岭 南嶺 nán lǐng Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi 贺兰山 賀蘭山 hè lán shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia 边防军 邊防軍 biān fáng jūn border guard / frontier army syn 虎门镇 虎門鎮 hǔ mén zhèn Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[Dong1 guan3 Shi4], Guangdong 三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea 沿边 沿邊 yán biān close to the border / along the border 封疆 fēng jiāng border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times) 边检 邊檢 biān jiǎn border inspection / immigration inspection 戍边 戍邊 shù biān to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post syn 樟木 zhāng mù Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border syn 海疆 hǎi jiāng coastal border region syn 边民 邊民 biān mín people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area 花被 huā bèi perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower 沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 镶 鑲 xiāng to inlay / to embed / ridge / border syn 境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 州界 zhōu jiè state border / state line 满城风雨 滿城風雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town syn 涯 yá border / horizon / shore syn 疆 jiāng border / boundary syn 垠 yín limit / border / river bank syn 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 濒 瀕 bīn to approach / to border on / near syn 埸 yì border 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 图们江 圖們江 tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea 九嶷山 jiǔ yí shān Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong 独龙江 獨龍江 dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit 圻 qí boundary / a border 畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path 陉 陘 xíng border the stove / defile / pass 城市 chéng shì city / town / CL:座[zuo4] syn 城 chéng city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4] syn 街上 jiē shang on the street / in town 小镇 小鎮 xiǎo zhèn small town / village 城镇 城鎮 chéng zhèn town / cities and towns syn 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 打车 打車 dǎ chē to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift 阿伦 阿倫 ā lún Aalen, town in Germany 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 荒郊 huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town syn 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 跑遍 pǎo biàn to go everywhere / to scour (the whole town) 大林 dà lín Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan 纽伦堡 紐倫堡 niǔ lún bǎo Nuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany 市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn 招摇过市 招搖過市 zhāo yáo guò shì to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom) syn 市集 shì jí fair / market (in a public place) / small town syn 返乡 返鄉 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town syn 开普敦 開普敦 kāi pǔ dūn Cape Town (city in South Africa) 故里 gù lǐ home town / native place syn 同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province syn 市镇 市鎮 shì zhèn small town syn 乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village syn 关西 關西 guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan 原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town) / birthplace syn 