边际

邊際
biānjì
noun #37,072

Meanings

  1. 1 limit; boundary
  2. 2 edge (of a vast space)
  3. 3 marginal (economics)

Examples

HSK 5
Jīngjìxué lǐ yǒu biānjì chéngběn hé biānjì shōuyì de gàiniàn.
Economics has the concepts of marginal cost and marginal revenue.
HSK 7-9
Dà cǎoyuán yí wàng wú biānjì.
The vast grassland stretches without bound as far as the eye can see.

Tips

usage
Two main registers. (1) Literal - vast space with no edge: 漫无边际 (boundless / rambling). (2) Economic - 边际效用 (marginal utility), 边际成本 (marginal cost). The economics sense is a calque of English 'marginal'.
mistakes
漫无边际 also means 'rambling on without a point' when describing speech or writing - not just literally boundless. 他讲得漫无边际 = 'he talks without coming to the point'.

Stroke Order

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