| 邊 |
| 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 (zh-m, 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! | |
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| 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. | |
