濒 (bīn): to approach
濒 (bīn) is a Chinese character meaning “to approach.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 频 (phonetic). It ranks #3071 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 濒 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 河 (hé, river), 海 (hǎi, sea), 洋 (yáng, ocean).
Definitions
- to approach
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 濒临verb | bīn lín | on the edge of |
| 濒死verb | bīn sǐ | nearing death |
| 濒危verb | bīn wēi | endangered (species) |
| 濒于verb | bīn yú | near to |
| 濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约 | bīn wēi yě shēng dòng zhí wù zhǒng guó jì mào yì gōng yuē | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| 濒危物种noun | bīn wēi wù zhǒng | endangered species |
| 濒海noun | bīn hǎi | coastal |
| 濒近 | bīn jìn | on the brink |
| 濒河 | bīn hé | bordering a river |
| 濒灭 | bīn miè | on the brink of extinction |
濒 appears in 10 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 濒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这条濒流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo bīn liú jīng sān gè shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
This river flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmland along its banks.
渔护署昨于乐富一食肆检获两条濒危野生活苏眉 市值约1.7万元
yú hù shǔ zuó yú lè fù yī shí sì jiǎn huò liǎng tiáo bīn wēi yě shēng huó sū méi shì zhí yuē 1 . 7 wàn yuán
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department seized two live endangered humphead wrasse worth approximately HK$17,000 from a restaurant in Lok Fu yesterday.
野外存活数增加 日本下调朱䴉濒危等级
yě wài cún huó shǔ zēng jiā rì běn xià diào zhū bīn wēi děng jí
Japan Downgrades Red-crowned Crane's Endangered Status as Wild Population Grows
濒绝动物 鹿港外海喜见白海豚
bīn jué dòng wù lù gǎng wài hǎi xǐ jiàn bái hǎi tún
Endangered animals are happy to see white dolphins off the coast of Lukang
...300万犀牛角切片抵港遭海关拘捕 涉进口濒危物种囚两年
. . . 3 0 0 wàn xī niú jiǎo qiē piàn dǐ gǎng zāo hǎi guān jū bǔ shè jìn kǒu bīn wēi wù zhǒng qiú liǎng nián
... 3 million rhino horn slices were arrested by customs on arrival in Hong Kong and imprisoned for two years for importing endangered species
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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