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[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 Additional PoS: Stroke count: 19
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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耳邊風 ji5 bin1 fung1 = 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 = which; who 粵 邊度 bin1 dou6 = where 粵 邊處 bin1 syu3 = where 粵 側邊 zak1 bin1 = side; at the side 粵 旁邊 pong4 bin1 = side; at the side 邊位 bin1 wai6 = (polite) which one; who 粵 東邊 dung1 bin1 = eastern side; (placename) Tung Bin 海邊 hoi2 bin1 = seaside; (placename) Hoi Bin 四邊兒 sei3 bin1 ji4 = (on) four sides, all around 國 See all 167 compounds (CantoDict reports 170 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 29 examples containing 邊
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?]
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]?]
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. ]
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.
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]
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. ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |