pàn
noun #25,662

Meanings

  1. 1 side
  2. 2 edge
  3. 3 bank (of a river, field, etc.)

Examples

Tāmen zuò zài hé pàn, kàn zhe luòrì yúhuī.
They sat by the riverside watching the last glow of the setting sun.
Hú pàn de shùlín zài qiūtiān biàn de wǔcǎi bīnfēn.
The forest by the lakeside becomes a riot of colors in autumn.
Tián pàn de xiǎolù tōng xiàng yuǎnchù de cūnzhuāng.
The path at the edge of the field leads to a village in the distance.

Tips

register
is a literary bound form — it is almost always used attached to a noun (e.g. 河畔 riverside, 湖畔 lakeside, field edge). It rarely stands alone in modern spoken Chinese.

Stroke Order

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