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title: "一边…一边… in Chinese Grammar: … while …, With Examples"
description: "一边…一边…: … while …. Two actions done at the same time. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 一边…一边…

… while …

Two actions done at the same time.

## In stories

她**一边放一边说**，“到了哈尔滨，别站在外面打电话，耳朵会冻掉的。”

[上海弄堂（一） · The Shanghai lane (part 1)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-book-2-shanghai-lane-part-1#library-word-248-254) HSK 3

她**一边走一边想**：这个女儿在哪儿？

[不是我的蛋糕 · Not my cake](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/not-my-cake#library-word-304-310) HSK 3

他立刻打开盒子，拿出一块，咬了一大口，**一边吃一边点头**。

[中秋夜班 · A Mid-Autumn night at the office: mooncakes for the security guard](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/mid-autumn-festival-story-in-chinese#library-word-391-398) HSK 4

维修师傅看见我们两个人站在里面，**一边唱一边打拍子**，愣了半天。

[电梯里的四十分钟 · Stuck in the lift with the neighbour](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/stuck-in-the-lift-with-the-neighbour#library-word-525-533) HSK 4

[Read 上海弄堂（一）](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-book-2-shanghai-lane-part-1#library-word-248-254)

## More patterns

- [一…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-jiu)
- [verb + 一 + verb … a little; give it a try](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-yi-v)
- [一…，…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-comma-jiu)
- [一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-cl-ye-bu)
- [跟/和…一样 the same as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/gen-yiyang)
- [像…一样/似的 like …; as … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/xiang-yiyang)

## What does 一边…一边… mean in Chinese?

… while …. Two actions done at the same time.

## How common is 一边…一边…?

It comes up in 10 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

## More free tools

- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Measure words](https://mandarinthewild.com/measure-words)
- [How hard is this text?](https://mandarinthewild.com/text-level)
- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.