一边 (yī biān): meaning and stroke order
一边 (yī biān) means one side, either side, on the one hand, on the other hand, doing while.
一边
- Simplified
- 一边
- Traditional
- 一邊
- Pinyin
- yī biān
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Stroke order of 一边
一
- yī one; single
- 1 stroke
Stroke by stroke
边
- biān side; edge
- bian suffix of a noun of locality
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 邊
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Meaning of 一边
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yī biān
Traditional 一邊
- one side
- either side
- on the one hand
- on the other hand
- doing while
Radicals of the characters
- 一
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
- 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.
一边 in our stories
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高飞想起来了：早上他一边看手机一边拿牛奶。
Gāo Fēi xiǎng qilai le zǎoshang tā yìbiān kàn shǒujī yìbiān ná niúnǎi
Gao Fei remembers: that morning he was looking at his phone while he took out the milk.
From the story Where's my phone? HSK 2
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他们一边走一边拍照，走到山顶的时候已经两点了。
tāmen yìbiān zǒu yìbiān pāizhào zǒu dào shāndǐng de shíhou yǐjīng liǎng diǎn le
They took photos along the way, and it was already two o'clock when they reached the top.
From the story No umbrella HSK 3
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“小偷一定是从窗户爬进来的！”她一边说，一边用手擦着眼泪。
xiǎotōu yídìng shì cóng chuānghu pá jìnlai de tā yìbiān shuō yìbiān yòng shǒu cā zhe yǎnlèi
"The thief must have climbed in through the window!" she said, wiping away her tears.
From the story The dry floor HSK 6
Stories using 一边
- Where's my phone? HSK 2
- No umbrella HSK 3
- The dry floor HSK 6
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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).