邊緣

See also: 边缘

Chinese

		side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (邊緣)		邊	緣
simp. (边缘)		边	缘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biānyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian-iân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biānyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bianyuán
  - Wade–Giles: pien¹-yüan²
  - Yale: byān-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianyuan
  - Palladius: бяньюань (bjanʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bin¹ jyun⁴
  - Yale: bīn yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    邊沿 / 边沿
    邊緣 / 边缘
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-iân
  - Tâi-lô: pian-iân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pien'ieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³ iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/

Noun

邊緣

edge; brim; verge; margin

Synonyms

墘頭 / 墘头 (Hokkien)
崖 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
沿子 (yánzi)
沿邊 / 沿边 (yánbiān)
涯 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
界線 / 界线 (jièxiàn)
端倪 (duānní) (literary)
邊 / 边 (biān)
邊墘 / 边墘 (Hokkien)
邊沿 / 边沿 (biānyán)
邊角 / 边角 (biānjiǎo)
邊際 / 边际 (biānjì)

Adjective

邊緣

(attributive) marginal; frontier

Derived terms

邊緣人 / 边缘人 (biānyuánrén)
邊緣化 / 边缘化 (biānyuánhuà)
邊緣政策 / 边缘政策 (biānyuán zhèngcè)
邊緣海 / 边缘海 (biānyuánhǎi)
邊緣科學 / 边缘科学 (biānyuán kēxué)
邊緣系統 / 边缘系统 (biānyuán xìtǒng)
邊緣青年 / 边缘青年 (biānyuán qīngnián)