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旁边páng biānside; adjacent place

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旁边 (páng biān) means "side" or "adjacent place." It is a place word for the spot right next to someone or something, as in 学校旁边 (next to the school) or 坐在我旁边 (sit beside me), and it can also start a sentence about what is nearby.

What does 旁边 mean?

  1. 1.

    side; adjacent placenoun

What do the characters in 旁边 mean?

  • 旁one side
  • 边side

How do you use 旁边?

旁边 usually comes after a noun, as in X旁边, to say next to X.

Patterns

  • X + 旁边

    医院旁边有一座公园。

    Yīyuàn pángbiān yǒu yí zuò gōngyuán.

    There is a park next to the hospital.

What are some examples of 旁边 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 3

    银行在学校旁边。

    Yínháng zài xuéxiào pángbiān.

    The bank is next to the school.

  2. HSK 1

    他坐在我旁边。

    Tā zuò zài wǒ pángbiān.

    He sits beside me.

  3. HSK 1

    旁边有一家商店。

    Pángbiān yǒu yì jiā shāngdiàn.

    There is a shop next door.

How is 旁边 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    请问，这儿附近有银行吗？

    Qǐngwèn, zhèr fùjìn yǒu yínháng ma?

    Excuse me, is there a bank near here?

  2. Speaker B:

    有，就在超市旁边。

    Yǒu, jiù zài chāoshì pángbiān.

    Yes, it's right next to the supermarket.

  3. Speaker A:

    超市远吗？

    Chāoshì yuǎn ma?

    Is the supermarket far?

  4. Speaker B:

    不远，往前走就到了。

    Bù yuǎn, wǎng qián zǒu jiù dào le.

    Not far. Just walk straight ahead and you're there.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.