边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard 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] 越界 yuè jiè to cross a border / to overstep a bound 安检 安檢 ān jiǎn security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1quan2 jian3cha2]) / to do a security check 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 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 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 边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town 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 国家安全局 國家安全局 guó jiā ān quán jú National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA) 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 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 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 安全 ān quán safe / secure / safety / security syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 警卫 警衛 jǐng wèi to stand guard over / (security) guard syn 安全感 ān quán gǎn sense of security 监视器 監視器 jiān shì qì security camera / surveillance monitor 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") syn 抵押 dǐ yā to provide (an asset) as security for a loan / to put up collateral syn 安保 ān bǎo security 安全局 ān quán jú security bureau 证券 證券 zhèng quàn negotiable security (financial) / certificate / stocks and bonds syn 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard syn 危及 wēi jí to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc) syn 太平 tài píng peace and security syn 执勤 執勤 zhí qín to be on duty (of a security guard etc) syn 森严 森嚴 sēn yán strict / rigid / tight (security) syn 安全区 安全區 ān quán qū a safe area / a security zone 安全性 ān quán xìng security / safety 社会保险 社會保險 shè huì bǎo xiǎn social security (abbr. to 社保[she4bao3]) 抵押品 dǐ yā pǐn security (property held against a loan) / mortgaged property syn 关卡 關卡 guān qiǎ checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4] syn 国家安全部 國家安全部 guó jiā ān quán bù PRC Ministry of State Security 安理会 安理會 ān lǐ huì (United Nations) Security Council 防盗门 防盜門 fáng dào mén security door 公安部 gōng ān bù Ministry of Public Security syn 