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Mythic Mandarin

这边 (zhè biān): meaning and stroke order

这边 (zhè biān) means this side, here.

这边

Simplified
这边
Traditional
這邊
Pinyin
zhè biān

Stroke order of 这边

这

  • zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  • zhèi (coll.) this
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 這

Stroke by stroke

边

  • biān side; edge
  • bian suffix of a noun of locality
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 邊

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 这边

  1. zhè biān Traditional 這邊
    • this side
    • here

Radicals of the characters

这
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 8 strokes · built from 辶 and 文
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.

这边 in our stories

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  • 两人一算，就算只涨百分之五，供应商这边的利润也比原来一年一签要高。

    liǎng rén yí suàn jiùsuàn zhǐ zhǎng bǎi fēn zhī wǔ gōngyìngshāng zhèbiān de lìrùn yě bǐ yuánlái yì nián yì qiān yào gāo

    They ran the numbers: even with only a five-percent rise, the supplier's profit would be higher than with the old year-by-year contracts.

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 艄公笑了：“因为门那边的东西看得见，门这边的东西太平常，平常到没有人觉得它值得写进诗里。”

    shāogōng xiào le yīnwèi mén nàbiān de dōngxi kàn de jiàn mén zhèbiān de dōngxi tài píngcháng píngcháng dào méiyǒu rén juéde tā zhíde xiě jìn shī lǐ

    The boatman laughed. "Because what lies beyond the gate can be seen, and what lies on this side is too ordinary—so ordinary that nobody thinks it worth putting in a poem."

    From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 这边

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).