粵

邊bin1緣jyun4

simp边缘
bin1 jyun4biān yuán

English

  1. edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
  2. marginal; borderline
  3. verge; brink; the critical moment and limit, beyond which something would happen
  4. used to describe a person or group that are marginalized, rejected by society, usually because his or their lifestyles, values, or ideologies, etc, are different from the mainstream.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 極為緊急嘅關頭,只差一步某事就會發生。同邊沿意義類似,但邊緣通常用於抽象嘅事物上,邊沿就比較比較具體、實際。
  2. 形容俾社會邊緣化或排斥嘅人或群體。佢地嘅生活方式、價值觀或意識型態等通常同社會主流唔同,所以被排斥。

Examples

  • 爸爸,你收集十日圓,邊緣有鋸齒,係咪?我爹哋畀咗我,我應唔應該畀我爹哋?

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 當我將摺咗嘅半身褲展開嗰陣,呢度呢度都有啲貼片,連膊頭嘅邊緣都同上年一樣。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

  • 側邊欄顯示在網站標誌下方的頁面邊緣。

    The sidebar is displayed on the edge of the page below the site logo.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 在人類自我毀滅的邊緣,第一次接觸成了福音。

    First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 由于白俄罗斯完全地俄罗斯化,白俄罗斯语在绝灭的边缘。

    Due to total Russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is on the brink of extinction.

    Tatoeba · iiujik CC BY

  • 一個偉大的帝國, 就像是一個大蛋糕, 最容易消失的地方就在邊緣。

    A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 邊緣青年

    youth at risk

  • 呢個國家正處於滅亡嘅邊緣。

    This country is on the brink of collapse. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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