右边 yòubiān▶ derecho

Stroke order

右边 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

• 右 — 5 strokes
• 边 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. right side
2. right, to the right

Example sentences

• 您坐在右边吗？Nín zuò zài yòubiān ma?Are you sitting on the right?
• 我的房间在右边。Wǒ de fángjiān zài yòubiān.My room is on the right.
• 学校右边是饭店。Xuéxiào yòubiān shì fàndiàn.To the right of the school is a restaurant.
• 我坐在你右边。Wǒ zuò zài nǐ yòubiān.I sit on your right side.

Related words

• 左边izquierda; izquierdo
• 旁边lado
• 一边Un lado
• 左右Sobre; acerca de
• 周边periferia
• 边境frontera; linde

右边 is pronounced yòubiān and means “derecho”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 右边 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.