邊: side | suffix of a noun of locality

邊 [边] biān

noun | adverb | measure word
: side; edge; margin
: border; boundary; region
: simultaneously

邊 [边] bian

: suffix of a noun of locality

Kun Reading

辺 | へ he OR べ be

noun | suffix
: (Archaism) surrounding area
: shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.

辺り | あたり atari OR ほとり hotori

zuru verb | transitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond)
: (in the) neighborhood; vicinity; nearby

邊[边]界 bian1jie4: boundary; border

邊緣 [边缘] bian1yuan2: edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

邊…邊 [边…边] bian1…bian1: as

邊[边]防 bian1fang2: frontier defense
[辺防 | へんぼう henbou: frontier defenses]

旁邊[边] pang2bian1: lateral; side; to the side; beside

身邊[边] shen1bian1: at one’s side; on hand
[身辺 | しんぺん shinpen: one’s person; around one’s person

一邊[边] yi1bian1: one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
[一辺 | いっぺん ippen: side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)]

邊 bian: suffix of a noun of locality

外邊[边] wai4bian: outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one’s home
[外辺 | がいへん gaihen: outskirts; periphery; environs]

上邊[边] shang4bian: the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up
[上辺 | うわべ uwabe: seeming; exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance
OR じょうへん jouhen: the upper side]

那邊[边] na4bian: over there; yonder [那辺 | なへん nahen: where]

右邊[边] you4bian: right side; right, to the right
[右辺 | うへん uhen: right side]

左邊[边] zuo3bian: left; the left side; to the left of
[左辺 | さへん ashen: left side (of an equation)]

Japanese expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
何の辺 | どのへん dono hen
: whereabout; about where
: how much

その辺り | そのあたり sono atari
: thereabouts; vicinity; that area
: that situation; those circumstances

*無量無辺 | むりょうむへん muryou muhen
: (yoji) immense and limitless

辺り一面 | あたりいちめん atari ichimen
: all around; as far as the eye can see

馬を水辺に導く事は出来るが馬に水を飲ませる事は出来ない | うまをみずべにみちびくことはできるがうまにみずをのませることはできない
uma o mizu be ni michibiku koto wa dekiru ga uma ni mizu o nomaseru koto wa dekinai
: You may take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink

Chinese idiom
耳邊風 [耳边风] er3 bian1 feng1
: lit. wind past your ear; fig. something you don’t pay much attention to; in one ear and out the other

*無始無邊 [无始无边] wu2 shi3 wu2 bian1
: very expansive and everlasting

兔子不吃窩邊草 [兔子不吃窝边草] tu4 zi5 bu4 chi1 wo1 bian1 cao3
: A rabbit doesn’t eat the grass by its own burrow; One shouldn’t do anything to harm one’s neighbors.

話到嘴邊留三分 [话到嘴边留三分] hua4 dao4 zui3 bian1 liu2 san1 fen1
: A still tongue makes a wise head.

苦海無邊，回頭是岸 [苦海无边，回头是岸] ku3 hai3 wu2 bian1 , hui2 tou2 shi4 an4
: The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore. Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. Repent and you shall be saved!