旁边旁邊 pángbiān — the side; next to, beside
pángbiān (second tone, rising)pang2bian1
Traditional: 旁邊
the side; next to, beside
HSK 2· HSK 1–4 (classic)noun
Meanings
the side; next to, beside
The space beside something. Chinese locative nouns follow the place they locate: 学校旁边 "beside the school", never the reverse.
noun
Example sentences
- 学校旁边有一个商店。學校旁邊有一個商店。Xuéxiào (second tone, rising) pángbiān (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) shāngdiàn. (first tone, high and level)···
There’s a shop next to the school.
- 他就坐在我旁边。他就坐在我旁邊。Tā (first tone, high and level) jiù (fourth tone, falling) zuò (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) pángbiān. (second tone, rising)···
He’s sitting right beside me.
Common mistakes
Not quite旁边学校有商店。
Correct学校旁边有商店。
Chinese puts the reference place first and the locative word after it. Fronting 旁边 copies the English preposition "beside the school".