四旁 (sìpáng): surrounding area

Meanings

1 surrounding area
2 the four sides
3 nearby regions (around a village, house, road, or water)

Characters

四

Examples

村庄的四旁种满了树。

Cūnzhuāng de sìpáng zhǒngmǎnle shù.

Trees are planted all around the village.

提倡在四旁植树绿化。

Tíchàng zài sìpáng zhíshù lǜhuà.

We advocate planting trees around houses, roads, villages, and water sources.

Tips

culture

In Chinese forestry policy, 四旁 specifically means the four 'sides' suitable for planting trees: 村旁 (next to villages), 宅旁 (next to homes), 路旁 (next to roads), and 水旁 (next to water). The slogan 四旁植树 (sipang zhishu) was a major mass campaign in 20th-century rural greening.