边 (邊) biān
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biān
noun
side; boundary; edge; margin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 渔妇的船就停在河边 'The fisherwoman's boat stopped at the side of the river.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 24; Barnes 2007, p. 57; Unihan '邊'; XHZD '边' 1) -
biān
adverb
on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: The form 边…边… is usually used to indicate that two actions are occuring at the same time. It is often used in coordinate complex sentences. When the following verb is monosyllabic 一边 can be abbreviated to 边 (XHZD '边' 5). -
biān
suffix
suffix of a noun of locality
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Used to form a noun of locality by appending to the noun. For example, 上边 top and 外边 outside (Norman 1988, p. 162; XHZD '边' 6) -
biān
noun
frontier; border
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: Synonymous with 边境 in this sense (Unihan '邊'; XHZD '边' 2) -
biān
noun
end; extremity; limit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 尽头 in this sense -
biān
verb
to be near; to approach
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 靠近 in this sense -
biān
noun
a party; a side
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 双边 bilateral (XHZD '边' 4)
Contained in
- 佛法无边(佛法無邊) the teachings of the Buddha are boundless
- 辩中边论(辯中邊論) Madhyāntavibhaṅgabhāṣya; Bian Zhong Bian Lun
- 无边音声佛顶(無邊音聲佛頂) Anantasvaraghosa
- 如是等罪无量无边(如是等罪無量無邊) thus the sins will be uncountable and unbounded
- 识无边处地(識無邊處地) Vijnananantyayatana Heaven; Heaven of Limitless Consciousness
- 中边分别论(中邊分別論) Madhyāntavibhaṅgabhāṣya; Zhong Bian Fenbie Lun
- 火供竈边(火供竈邊) altar for fire rituals; vedikā
- 不可称量、无边功德(不可稱量、無邊功德) inconceivable, boundless merit
Also contained in
边头 、 靖边 、 边疆 、 边缘人 、 北边儿 、 岸边 、 这边 、 边陲 、 漫无边际 、 边域种化 、 单边主义 、 挨边 、 边门 、 侧边栏 、 蕾丝边 、 西北边境省 、 江边 、 屏边苗族自治县 、 边防警察 、 沾边 、 挂在嘴边 、 毛边 、 炉边 、 枕边故事 、 边声 、 中国西北边陲 、 打边鼓 、 左边儿 、 右边儿 、 床边 、 前边儿 、 沿边 、 边境地区 、 蕾丝花边 、 峨边县 、 左边 、 边防站 、 延边朝鲜族自治州 、 边缘 、 边关 、 等边三角形 、 安边 、 边庭
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 36 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 85
- Scroll 6 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 81
- Scroll 19 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 73
- Scroll 19 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 55
- Scroll 32 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 55 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 52
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 52
- Scroll 9 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 50
- Scroll 1 Saḍakṣaravidyāmantrasūtra (Liu Zi Shen Zhou Wang Jing) 六字神呪王經 — count: 49
- Scroll 4 Mūlamadhyamakaśāstra (Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way) 中論 — count: 48 , has English translation , has parallel version
Collocations
- 苦边 (苦邊) 則得苦邊 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 41
- 非有边 (非有邊) 世間非有邊非無邊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 22
- 边无边 (邊無邊) 世間有邊無邊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 17
- 边无际 (邊無際) 其邊無際 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 12
- 边广 (邊廣) 其邊廣遠 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 12
- 最后边 (最後邊) 此身最後邊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
- 边无限 (邊無限) 其邊無限 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 10
- 王边 (王邊) 上須彌山王邊百六十八萬里 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 5 — count: 9
- 聚边 (聚邊) 或復欲得大苦聚邊 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 8
- 边有空 (邊有空) 邊有空地 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 1 — count: 8