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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

南边

nánbian

south

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

south

02

south side

03

southern part

04

to the south of

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 南边 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 南边 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我的家在公园南边wǒ de jiā zài gōng yuán nán biān

My house is on the south side of the park.

萨米是从南边来的。sà mǐ shì cóng nán biān lái de。

Sami is from the South.

法国在英国的南边。fǎ guó zài yīng guó de nán biān。

France is to the south of England.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 南边.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 南边.

Directly before

  • 面向南边2
  • 的南边2
  • 法国南边1
  • 中国南边1
  • 公园南边1

Directly after

  • 南边的2
  • 南边来1
  • 南边是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 南边

What does 南边 mean in Chinese?

南边 (nánbian) means south.

How do you pronounce 南边?

南边 is pronounced nánbian.

Is 南边 an HSK word?

南边 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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