邊緣

See also: 边缘

Chinese

		side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (邊緣)		邊	緣
simp. (边缘)		边	缘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biānyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian-iân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianyuán
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-yüan²
    • Yale: byān-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianyuan
    • Palladius: бяньюань (bjanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bin¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: bīn yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 邊沿／边沿 邊緣／边缘

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-iân
    • Tâi-lô: pian-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien'ieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/

Noun

邊緣

1. edge; brim; verge; margin

Synonyms

• 墘頭／墘头 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 崖 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
• 沿子 (yánzi)
• 沿邊／沿边 (yánbiān)
• 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)
• 邊角／边角 (biānjiǎo)
• 邊際／边际 (biānjì)

 

Adjective

邊緣

1. (attributive) marginal; frontier

Derived terms

• 邊緣人／边缘人 (biānyuánrén)
• 邊緣化／边缘化 (biānyuánhuà)
• 邊緣政策／边缘政策 (biānyuán zhèngcè)
• 邊緣海／边缘海 (biānyuánhǎi)
• 邊緣科學／边缘科学 (biānyuán kēxué)
• 邊緣青年／边缘青年 (biānyuán qīngnián)