邊度 (bin1 dou6 | bian1 du4) : where

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邊度

bin1 dou6

bian1 du4

where [Var.] 邊喥, 焉道 [Syn.]: 邊處 [華]: 哪裡; 哪兒 [文]: 何處

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 136,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

邊度 / 边度

This word has been viewed 19211 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 20th Aug 2009 06:59

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邊 bin1 - edge; nearby; border; side; [粵] which
度 dou6 dok6 dou2 - measure; rules; estimate; roughly

2 compounds containing this word:

邊度係呀 - not really
邊度會有咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳㗎 - how could that possibly be true?

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

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.]

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?

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?]

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2 Cantonese Homophones / Homophone Variants for this word:

邊喥 bin1 dou6 = where? 粵

焉道 bin1 dou6 yan1 dao4 = where 粵

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