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磨边机mó biān jī
edger
Definitions
| English > Chinese | ||
| edger | ||
| 1. 磨边机器 | ||
| 2. 齐边机 | ||
| 3. 修边器 | ||
| Components | ||
| 磨 | mó | |
| 1. to grind; to sharpen | ||
| 2. to rub; to chafe | ||
| 3. to wear away; to obliterate | ||
| 4. to wear out; to wear down; to erode | ||
| 5. to dawdle; to waste (time) | ||
| 6. to pester; to plague (someone) | ||
| 7. grinder; mill | ||
| 8. to grind; to mill | ||
| 9. to turn around | ||
| 10. (Cantonese) to waste time | ||
| 11. (Teochew) to approach | ||
| 边 | ||
| 1. Variant of 邊 | ||
| 邊 | biān | |
| 1. edge; side; margin; brim | ||
| 湖邊 - lakeshore; lakeside | ||
| 碗 邊兒r - rim of a bowl | ||
| 街道 兩 邊 - both sides of the street | ||
| 在 懸崖 邊 行走 是 危險 的。 - It is dangerous to walk near the edge of a cliff. | ||
| 孩子zi 們 在 海灘 邊 用 沙子zi 堆砌 城堡。 - The children are building sandcastles on the edge of the beach. | ||
| 冰涼 的 水 在 船 邊 泛 起 泡沫。 - The icy cold water foamed over the side of the boat. | ||
| 2. decorative border | ||
| 金 邊 眼鏡 - | ||
| 她 的 手帕 有 一 條 藍 邊。 - Her handkerchief has a blue border. | ||
| 3. side (place next to an object) | ||
| 床 邊 - next to the bed | ||
| 坐 在 窗 邊 - to sit by the window | ||
| 4. border; boundary | ||
| 邊疆 - border area | ||
| 戍邊 - to garrison the border | ||
| 5. (geometry) side | ||
| 長方體 有 幾 條 邊？ - How many sides does a cuboid have? | ||
| 6. (graph theory) side | ||
| 7. limit; boundary | ||
| 無邊無際 - boundless; limitless; vast | ||
| 8. side (of a family, negotiation, etc.) | ||
| 雙 邊 會談 - bilateral talks | ||
| 佢 老婆 嗰 邊 嘅 親戚 - relatives on his wife's side of the family | ||
| 你 為什麼 不 站 在 我 這 邊？ - Why are you not on my side? | ||
| 9. (Suffix for locality noun.) | ||
| 上邊 - on the top, above | ||
| 下邊 - under, below | ||
| 裡邊 - inside | ||
| 10. (Cantonese) close to edges | ||
| 唔好 行 咁 邊 呀！ - Don't walk that close to the edge! | ||
| 11. (used before each verb of simultaneous actions) while | ||
| 我 邊 等 邊 瀏覽 幾 本 雜誌。 - I browsed through some magazines while I waited. | ||
| 你 喜歡 邊 聽 音樂 邊 做 作業 嗎？ - Do you listen to music while doing your homework? | ||
| 12. (used after numerals or words indicating time) close to; near | ||
| 13. (HKC, usually reduplicated, always used with(佢, tr=-)) to have hot pot | ||
| 今日 咁 凍，不如 邊 邊 佢 啦！ - It's so cold today, let's have hot pot! | ||
| Bian | ||
| 14. (Cantonese) which | ||
| 想 唱 邊 首 呀？ - Which song do you want to sing? | ||
| 搞邊科 㗎？ - | ||
| 15. (Cantonese) where | ||
| 你 喺 邊 呀？ - Where are you? | ||
| 16. (Cantonese, rhetorical question) how | ||
| 我 邊 記得 啫？ - How am I supposed to remember? | ||
| 你 邊 有 做 份 功課 呀？ - You did not do this piece of assignment. | ||
| 机 | ||
| 1. Variant of 機 | ||
| 2. Alternative form of 几 (small table; stool) | ||
| 機 | jī | |
| 1. weaving machine; spinning machine | ||
| 機杼 - loom | ||
| 2. machine; apparatus; device | ||
| 打字機 - typewriter | ||
| 3. (mostly in compounds) Short for *飛機 (aircraft) | ||
| 4. (mostly in compounds) Short for *手機 (cellphone) | ||
| 5. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for *遊戲機 (video game) | ||
| 6. mechanism; process | ||
| 玄機 - arcane truth; nature's mystery | ||
| 7. cause; reason | ||
| 8. secret; confidential (affair) | ||
| 機密 - top secret | ||
| 9. opportunity; chance; crucial point | ||
| 戰機 - opportunity in battle | ||
| 10. plan; idea | ||
| 神機 - marvellous strategy | ||
| 11. flexible; quick-witted | ||
| 12. organic | ||
| 有機 - organic | ||
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Pronunciation
mó biān jī
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