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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 26

桌子旁边 Beside the table

Zhuōzi pángbiān

Extended location: 旁边 / 中间 / X-边. Attributive A 的 B.

Dialogue

在桌子旁边 — Next to the table

白月文wén山shān, 我wǒ的de手shǒu机jī在zài哪nǎ儿ér? Wen Shan, where's my phone?
文山在zài桌zhuō子zi旁páng边biān. Next to the table.
白月我wǒ看kàn见jiàn了le. 书shū在zài中zhōng间jiān, 手shǒu机jī在zài旁páng边biān. I see. Book in the middle, phone on the side.
文山杯bēi子zi也yě在zài桌zhuō子zi上shàng. Cup's on the table too.
白月太tài好hǎo了le! 谁shuí拿ná走zǒu了le我wǒ的de书shū? Great! Who took my pen?
文山在zài桌zhuō子zi下xià边biān. 你nǐ看kàn! Under the desk. Look!

Dialogue

这边那边 — This side, that side

文山白bái月yuè, 商shāng店diàn在zài这zhè边biān还hái是shì那nà边biān? Bai Yue, is the shop this side or that?
白月这zhè边biān. 商shāng场chǎng在zài那nà边biān. This side. Mall's the other side.
文山商shāng店diàn里lǐ边biān有yǒu什shén么me? What's in the shop?
白月里lǐ边biān有yǒu水shuǐ果guǒ, 外wài边biān有yǒu衣yī服fu. Fruit inside, clothes outside.
文山我wǒ去qù这zhè边biān看kàn一yí下xià. I'll have a look here.

Vocabulary

汉字	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
旁边	pángbiān	n.	side; next to
中间	zhōngjiān	n.	middle
这边	zhèbiān	n.	this side
那边	nàbiān	n.	that side
上边	shàngbiān	n.	on top
下边	xiàbiān	n.	underneath
里边	lǐbiān	n.	inside
外边	wàibiān	n.	outside
前边	qiánbiān	n.	in front
后边	hòubiān	n.	behind

New characters

汉字	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
旁	páng		side 旁边 pángbiān — side; next to
走	zǒu		walk 走路 zǒu lù — walk走过去 zǒu guò qù — walk over (V + complement chain: 走 + 过 + 去)

Hanzi — writing & recognition

旁

páng side Writing

10 strokes top-bottom

边

biān side; edge Writing

5 strokes enclosure radical 辶

中

zhōng middle (revisit Bk1) Writing

4 strokes standalone

间

jiān between (revisit ch1) Recognition

7 strokes enclosure radical 门

这

zhè this (revisit Bk1) Recognition

7 strokes enclosure radical 辶

那

nà that (revisit) Recognition

6 strokes left-right

Grammar

定语 — A 的 + B Attributive — A 的 B

"A 的 + B" 中, A 修饰 B. 例: 我的书 (my book), 中国的菜 (Chinese food). 也用于 location: 桌子的旁边 = 桌子旁边. 一般在固定的"X 的 Y"短语里, 的不一定写出: 我妈妈 / 中国朋友也行.

A 的 B = "A's B" / "B of A." 我的书 ("my book"); 中国的菜 ("Chinese food"). Same for locations: 桌子的旁边 = 桌子旁边. In fixed compounds, 的 can drop: 我妈妈 / 中国朋友 are also fine.

桌子的旁边有一本书. Zhuōzi de pángbiān yǒu yì běn shū. Beside the table is a book.
我家的左边是商店. Wǒ jiā de zuǒbiān shì shāngdiàn. A shop is left of my home.
杯子的里边有水. Bēizi de lǐbiān yǒu shuǐ. There's water in the cup.
中间的菜大家都吃. Zhōngjiān de cài dàjiā dōu chī. Everyone shares the dishes in the middle.

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