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邊
简 边 · 繁 邊Characters in this entry
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1 · bian1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bin1
Cantonese word readings for 邊. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- edge; side; margin; brim
- decorative border
- side (place next to an object)
- border; boundary
- (geometry) edge; side (of 2D objects) (Classifier: 條／条)
- (graph theory) side (Classifier: 條／条)
- limit; boundary
- side (of a family, negotiation, etc.)
- Suffix for locality noun.
- (Cantonese) close to edges
- (used before each verb of simultaneous actions) while
- (used after numerals or words indicating time) close to; near
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, usually reduplicated, always used with 佢) to have hot pot
- a surname, Bian
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) which
- (Cantonese) where
- (Cantonese, rhetorical question) how
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