邊 (bin1 | bian1) : edge; nearby; border; side; [粵] which

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邊

bin1

bian1

[1] [n] edge; end of something; margin; verge [2] [n] side [3] [n] hem; decorative border [4] [n] border of a nation's territory; boundary [5] limits; bounds [6] nearby; near to [7] a Chinese family name [8][粵] which, where, same as 焉

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This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

邊 / 边

This word has been viewed 29468 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Nov 2012 17:14

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耳邊風 ji5 bin1 fung1 er3 bian1 feng1 = lit. wind past your ear; fig. sth you don't pay much attention to; in one ear and out the other

邊個 bin1 go3 bian1 ge4 = which; who 粵

邊度 bin1 dou6 bian1 du4 = where 粵

邊處 bin1 syu3 bian1 chu4 = where 粵

側邊 zak1 bin1 ce4 bian1 = side; at the side 粵

旁邊 pong4 bin1 pang2 bian1 = side; at the side

邊位 bin1 wai6 = (polite) which one; who 粵

東邊 dung1 bin1 dong1 bian1 = eastern side; (placename) Tung Bin

海邊 hoi2 bin1 hai3 bian1 = seaside; (placename) Hoi Bin

四邊兒 sei3 bin1 ji4 si4 bianr1 = (on) four sides, all around 國
See all 167 compounds (CantoDict reports 170 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 29 examples containing 邊

你今日打算去邊度呀？粵
Where do you plan on going today?

你嘅教師係邊個呀？
Who is your teacher?

你去邊處呀? 粵
Where are you going?

我唔知邊個送邊度粵
I don't know who's delivering [lunch] where.

我唔知你嘅地埗喺邊度。粵
I don't know where your address is.
[Lit. I not know your address at where.]

請問，郵局喺邊度？
May I ask you where the post office is?
[Lit. May I ask, post office at where? Mandarin: 請問,郵局在哪裡?]

你喺邊一個國家來㗎？粵
Which country are you from?

噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain.
[Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]

廁所魔鏡，世間上邊個最靚？粵
Mirror mirror on the washroom wall, who's the fairest one of all?
[Lit. toilet magic-mirror, world on which-one most pretty?]

你要試吓佢程度喺邊度粵
You need to find out what his level is like.
[Lit. You need try-little he level at where. In this case, referencing a student's level of English. More explicitly, 你要試吓佢英文程度喺邊度.]

你以為我係邊個呀？粵
Who do you think I am?/Do you know who I am?
[Lit. you mistakenly-believe I am who [particle]?]

佢踩單車喺我身邊飛過。粵
She flew past me on her bike.
[飛過 is a metaphor matched by "flew past".]

老細話去邊﹐我哋就去邊。粵
We'll go wherever the boss says.
[Cantonese sentences often feature a balanced structure with repetitive wordings rather than a simple structure. ]

你講去邊度？粵
Where are you going with this?

我問佢跟住去邊度。粵
I asked him where to go next.
[Cantonese grammar has the adverb 邊度 (where) placed at the end of sentence.]

邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.

啲嘢你屏埋喺邊度? 粵
Where did you hide away those things?

你離緊去邊度做呀？粵
Where will you work in the future?

間工廠畀火燒，旁邊嘅住宅都殃及池魚粵
The nearby houses were not spared when the factory caught fire.

有邊讀邊，沒邊讀中間。國
Read the side if any; read the middle part if there is no side.
[This is a guesswork method people use to read a Chinese character when they do not know its exact pronunciation.]

呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟，邊可以相提並論粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared at all?

邊度有得食正宗嘅意大利菜？粵
Where can (one) finds authentic Italian food?
[[Lit.] where can/have authentic Italian food to be eaten?]

鬼知佢尋晚去咗邊。粵
Who (the hell) knows where he went last night. [as in "I don't know where he went last night"]
[邊 is short for 邊度]

唔知佢揗咗去邊度。粵
We don't know where he has wandered off to.

屎有邊個唔屙？粵
Everyone needs to relieve themselves.
[Lit. Poo have who not excrete?]

學校咁大﹐唔知去邊度搵佢至啱。粵
The school is so big. I wonder which way I should actually go to find him.
[唔知 ("don't know") and 至啱 ("most correct") function as a split phrase. The slot between them can be filled by any verb phrase of interrogative nature. ]

邊個叫你做㗎,吓? 粵
Who told you to do this, really?
[㗎 is a final particle used here to soften an assertive question. 吓 functions like a question tag that does not carry any actual meaning. ]

你講咗去邊？粵
Where are you going with this?

你問我,我問邊個? 粵
Why are you asking me? How am I supposed to know?
[[literal] You ask me, I ask who?]

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