bīn
noun #23,464

Meanings

  1. 1 waterfront
  2. 2 shore
  3. 3 bank (of a river or sea)

Examples

Tāmen zài húbīn sànbù, xīnshǎng luòrì.
They walked along the lakeshore, admiring the sunset.
Hā'ěrbīn yǐ bīngxuě jié wénmíng yú shì.
Harbin is world-famous for its Ice and Snow Festival.

Tips

usage
is a bound morpheme — it does not appear alone in modern speech. It forms compounds like 海滨 (seaside), (lakeside), 河滨 (riverside), and is embedded in place names like 哈尔滨 (Harbin) and 滨海 (coastal).
register
Classical/literary. In everyday conversation, use 岸边 (shore, bank) or 海边 (seaside) instead.

Stroke Order

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