身边 (shēn biān): meaning and stroke order
身边 (shēn biān) means at one's side, on hand.
身边
- Simplified
- 身边
- Traditional
- 身邊
- Pinyin
- shēn biān
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Stroke order of 身边
身
- shēn body; life
- 7 strokes
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边
- biān side; edge
- bian suffix of a noun of locality
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 邊
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Meaning of 身边
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shēn biān
Traditional 身邊
- at one's side
- on hand
Radicals of the characters
- 身
- Radical 身 (Kangxi radical 158) · 7 strokes · built from 𨈐 and 𠄠
- 边
- Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 6 strokes · built from 辶 and 力
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
身边 in our stories
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匈奴人给他娶了妻子，他还有了孩子，可是他一直把汉朝的使节杖带在身边，从来没有忘记自己的任务。
Xiōngnú rén gěi tā qǔ le qīzi tā hái yǒu le háizi kěshì tā yìzhí bǎ Hàncháo de shǐjiézhàng dài zài shēnbiān cónglái méiyǒu wàngjì zìjǐ de rènwu
The Xiongnu gave him a wife, and he had children, but he always kept the Han envoy's staff by his side and never forgot his mission.
From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
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台下掌声雷动，闪光灯此起彼伏，他却突然觉得身边空荡荡的。
tái xià zhǎngshēng léidòng shǎnguāngdēng cǐqǐ-bǐfú tā què tūrán juéde shēnbiān kōngdàngdàng de
Below, the applause thundered and flashbulbs went off one after another, yet he suddenly felt the space around him was empty.
From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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黄帝的妻子嫘祖心地善良，又特别喜欢观察身边的事物。
Huángdì de qīzi Léizǔ xīndì shànliáng yòu tèbié xǐhuan guānchá shēnbiān de shìwù
The Yellow Emperor's wife Leizu was kind-hearted and loved to observe the things around her.
From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 身边
- Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
- The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).