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Side in Chinese

side · HSK 1

边 biān

桌子的边有点儿脏。 The edge of the table is a bit dirty.

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How do you say side in Chinese?

Side in Chinese is 边 (biān). You can also say 方面 (fāng miàn), 侧 (cè), 面 (miàn), 方 (fāng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.