边邊 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested

Stroke order

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 邊, the traditional character: 边 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 西晉
• See all 13 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 「那边的天气怎么样？」「天气晴朗。」

  "What is the weather like over there?" "It's nice."

• Ken坐在我旁边。

  Ken sat next to me.

• 一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。

  A wounded whale washed up on the beach.

• 不要边吃东西边看书。

  Don't eat while reading.

• 不要边走边看书。

  Do not read while walking.

• 不论发生什么事，我都会在你身边。

  I will stand by you whatever happens.

• 不赶时间的人们站在自动扶梯的右边。

  People who are not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator.

• 他一边唱歌一边工作。

  He sang while working.

All example sentences with 边