滨 (bīn): (bound form) water's edge, bank, shore, (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
滨 (bīn) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) water's edge.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 宾 (phonetic). It ranks #2390 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 滨 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- (bound form) water's edge
- bank
- shore
- (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海滨 | hǎi bīn | shore |
| 河滨 | hé bīn | brook |
| 横滨 | héng bīn | Yokohama, Japan |
| 哈尔滨 | hā ěr bīn | see 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4] |
| 滨海 | bīn hǎi | coastal |
| 湖滨 | hú bīn | lake front |
| 滨州 | bīn zhōu | see 濱州市|滨州市[Bin1 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 哈尔滨工业大学 | hā ěr bīn gōng yè dà xué | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| 滨海新区 | bīn hǎi xīn qū | Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin |
| 哈尔滨市 | hā ěr bīn shì | Harbin, sub-provincial city and capital of Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3] |
| 滨城区 | bīn chéng qū | Bincheng district of Binzhou city 濱州市|滨州市[Bin1 zhou1 shi4], Shandong |
| 滨田靖一 | bīn tián jìng yī | HAMADA Yasukazu (1955-), Japanese defense minister from 2008 |
| 西方滨鹬 | xī fāng bīn yù | (bird species of China) western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) |
| 滨海边疆区 | bīn hǎi biān jiāng qū | Primorsky Krai (Russian territory whose administrative center is Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克) |
| 卫滨区 | wèi bīn qū | Weibin, a district of Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan |
滨 appears in 58 compound words: 28 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 48 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 滨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
清晨的滨面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de bīn miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The water's surface glistened in the early morning light, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
大安滨海乐园开放 逐浪赏夕阳一次满足
dà ān bīn hǎi lè yuán kāi fàng zhú làng shǎng xī yáng yī cì mǎn zú
Daan Binhai Park is open to enjoy the sunset by waves
再创新高 哈尔滨机场单日旅客吞吐量101608人次
zài chuàng xīn gāo hā ěr bīn jī chǎng dān rì lǚ kè tūn tǔ liàng 1 0 1 6 0 8 rén cì
Harbin Airport handled 101608 passengers in a single day
上海开唱遭取消抹黑 滨崎步晒维尼帽反击
shàng hǎi kāi chàng zāo qǔ xiāo mā hēi bīn qí bù shài wéi ní mào fǎn jī
Shanghai's singing was canceled and smeared, and Hamasaki hit back with a vinnie hat
...新北骑回南投” 老司机曝3保命符:别走西滨
. . . xīn běi qí huí nán tóu lǎo sī jī pù 3 bǎo mìng fú : bié zǒu xī bīn
... New Taipei Rides Back to Nantou" The old driver exposed 3 life-saving talismans: Don't go to the West Coast
总统邀五院茶叙 钟佳滨:可协调院际捍格、厘清关税议题
zǒng tǒng yāo wǔ yuàn chá xù zhōng jiā bīn : kě xié diào yuàn jì hàn gé , lí qīng guān shuì yì tí
The president invited the five houses to have a tea talk. Zhong Jiabin: It is possible to coordinate inter-house defense and clarify tariff issues
每年滨松有风筝节。
Měinián Bīnsōng yǒu fēngzhēng jié.
Each year Hamamatsu has a kite festival.
阿尔及尔有一条美丽的海滨长廊。
ā'ěrjí'ěr yǒu yī tiáo měilì de hǎibīn chángláng.
Algiers has a beautiful promenade on the seashore.
火车什么时候到横滨？
Huǒchē shénme shíhou dào Héngbīn?
What time does this train reach Yokohama?
横滨是日本第二大的城市。
Héngbīn shì Rìběn dì-èr dà de chéngshì.
Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan.
Character Family
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