边疆

邊疆
biānjiāng
noun HSK 7 #38,794

Measure Word

边疆 piàn

Meanings

  1. 1 border area
  2. 2 frontier
  3. 3 borderland

Examples

Tā zài biānjiāng dāng le shí nián bīng.
He served as a soldier on the frontier for ten years.
Biānjiāng dìqū de fāzhǎn xūyào gèng duō de zhīchí.
The development of border areas needs more support.
Shǒuwèi biānjiāng shì jūnrén de zhízé.
Guarding the frontier is a soldier's duty.

Tips

usage
边疆 emphasizes remote frontier regions, often with a sense of vastness and distance. Compare with 边界 (a precise border line) and 边境 (the border zone near a national boundary).

Stroke Order

biān
jiāng