边境

邊境

biānjìng

noun HSK 5 #4,628

Meanings

1 frontier; border
2 border area; borderland

Characters

side; edge; border

boundary; territory; situation

Examples

边境地区的安全非常重要。

Biānjìng dìqū de ānquán fēicháng zhòngyào.

Security in the border area is very important.

他们在边境检查站被拦下了。

Tāmen zài biānjìng jiǎnchá zhàn bèi lán xià le.

They were stopped at the border checkpoint.

这个小镇位于两国边境。

Zhège xiǎo zhèn wèiyú liǎng guó biānjìng.

This small town is located on the border between two countries.

Tips

usage

边境 (border area/frontier) vs 边界 (biānjiè, boundary line) vs 国界 (guójiè, national border). 边境 emphasizes the region, while 边界 and 国界 emphasize the line.

usage

Common: 边境线 (border line), 边境贸易 (border trade), 边境冲突 (border conflict).

Stroke Order

边 biān

境 jìng