邊 [bin1]

Cantonese · Jyutping

edge, margin, side, border
side
suffix of a noun of locality
(adverb) 1. Where? 2. Which?; (noun) Hem
"which" or "what"; added in front of the classifier (the specification of objects is optional), to enquire what it is. The question could be either open-ended or closed-end with certain options mentioned. Could be used with place, objects, people and time (i.e. where; which; whom; when).
the place where two things meet; the point or site where one thing ends; margin; edge; side; rim
edge
When used alone and placed in the object, it is to enquire the place, same as "where" or "which place(s)" meant by 邊度 bin1 dou6, 邊處 bin1 syu3 or 邊個/啲地方 bin1 go3/di1 dei6 fong1.
party; side; opposing groups
margin
When used alone and placed in the beginning of a sentence or near the subject, it is no longer an interrogative to seek information but a rhetorical question word as a construction of a negative meaning to oppose the hearer's belief. Could be replaced with 邊度 bin1 dou6 or 點 dim2
border
boundary
CL:個|个[ge4]
simultaneously
suffix for directional/positional nouns

用喺問句上，加「邊」字喺發問主題所用嘅量詞前（後面指唔指明物件都得），用嚟問嗰樣嘢係乜，可以係開放式問題，亦可以係有既定選項俾人揀。可以用於地點、物件、人物、時間。
兩樣嘢嘅分界；一樣嘢嘅盡頭
單用而放喺賓語嘅時候，就係用嚟問地方，同「邊度」、「邊處」或者「邊個/啲地方」
對立嘅隊伍或人
單用而放喺句首或者靠近主語，就再唔係表示疑問以獲得資訊，而係構成否定意思嘅反詰，反對對方所相信嘅嘢，亦都可以用「邊度」、「點」代替
用於方位詞之後，多數書寫用，口語用便

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