The sun sets in the west.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
西边
west
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
west
02
west side
03
western part
04
to the west of
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 西边 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 西边 appears in 12 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The sun sets in the west.
The sun sets in the west.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 西边.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 西边.
Directly before
- 的西边3
- 在西边3
- 从西边1
- 和西边1
- 往西边1
Directly after
- 西边落下3
- 西边出来1
- 西边下山1
- 西边开1
- 西边倾斜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 西边
What does 西边 mean in Chinese?
西边 (xībiān) means west.
How do you pronounce 西边?
西边 is pronounced xībiān.
Is 西边 an HSK word?
西边 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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