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西边 (xī biān) — west side

Definition

noun
west side

Examples

  • 西边。
    Xué xiào zài gōng yuán de xī biān.
    The school is on the west side of the park.
  • 西边。
    Wǒ men zhù zài zhè tiáo jiē de xī biān.
    We live on the west side of this street.
  • 西边。
    xī biān Yǒu yì tiáo xiǎo hé.
    There is a small river on the west side.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

西xīwest
边biānside

西 is west and 边 is side, so it means the western side.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 邊; 边 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalking; movement
Sound part声符shēngfú
臱
臱mián邊biān(r)
Same sound today

The traditional form 邊 pairs 辶 (walking; movement) with the sound part 臱; the simplified 边 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

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