沿邊

Chinese

		riverside (with ‑r); along	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (沿邊)		沿	邊
simp. (沿边)		沿	边
anagram		邊沿／边沿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánbiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ bin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánbiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánbian
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-pien¹
    • Yale: yán-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanbian
    • Palladius: яньбянь (janʹbjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (沿邊兒／沿边儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánbiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánbianr
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-pien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yán-byānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanbial
    • Palladius: яньбяньр (janʹbjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ pi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ bin¹
    • Yale: yùhn bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ piːn⁵⁵/

Noun

沿邊

1. (often attributive) border; along the border

   沿邊地區／沿边地区  ―  yánbiān dìqū  ―  border area

   沿邊城市／沿边城市  ―  yánbiān chéngshì  ―  border city

Synonyms

• 墘頭／墘头 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 崖 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
• 沿子 (yánzi)
• 涯 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
• 界線／界线 (jièxiàn)
• 端倪 (duānní) (literary)
• 邊／边 (biān)
• 邊墘／边墘 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 邊沿／边沿 (biānyán)
• 邊緣／边缘 (biānyuán)
• 邊角／边角 (biānjiǎo)
• 邊際／边际 (biānjì)

 

Verb

沿邊

1. to trim (border with tape, ribbon, etc.)