旁 páng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
旁边
pángbiān
beside, next to
Characters in this word
边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 学校旁边有一个商店。 Xuéxiào pángbiān yǒu yí gè shāngdiàn. There's a shop next to the school.
- 他坐在我旁边。 Tā zuò zài wǒ pángbiān. He's sitting next to me.
- 银行在旁边。 Yínháng zài pángbiān. The bank is next door.
Related words
- 北边 běibian north side
- 东边 dōngbian east side
- 后边 hòubian back, behind
- 里边 lǐbian inside
- 那边 nàbiān over there
- 南边 nánbian south side
- 前边 qiánbian front, in front
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 外边 wàibian outside
- 西边 xībian west side
- 下边 xiàbian below, underneath
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)