旁边 pángbiān▶ lado

Stroke order

旁边 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 旁 — 10 strokes
• 边 — 5 strokes

Example sentences

• 它在我旁边坐。Tā zài wǒ pángbiān zuò.It sits beside me.
• 教室旁边是图书馆吗？Jiàoshì pángbiān shì túshūguǎn ma?Is the library next to the classroom?
• 我坐在你旁边。Wǒ zuò zài nǐ pángbiān.I sit next to you.
• 教室旁边是厕所吗？Jiàoshì pángbiān shì cèsuǒ ma?Is there a restroom next to the classroom?

Related words

• 右边derecho
• 左边izquierda; izquierdo
• 一边Un lado
• 周边periferia
• 边境frontera; linde
• 边界límite

旁边 is pronounced pángbiān and means “lado”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 旁边 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.