沿
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along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 沿
- Common rank
- #1,951
- Unicode
- U+6CBF
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Words with 沿
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沿河土家族自治县 | Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 沿海地区 | coastland; coastal areas | |
| 马路沿儿 | roadside; edge of the road | |
| 无边无沿 | see 無邊無際|无边无际[wu2 bian1 wu2 ji4] | |
| 沿河县 | see 沿河土家族自治縣|沿河土家族自治县[Yan2 he2 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 沿边儿 | to trim (border with braid, tape etc) | |
| 沿条儿 | tape seam (in dressmaking); tape trim | |
| 相沿成习 | well established; accepted as a result of long usage | |
| 沿岸地区 | coastal area | |
| 沿儿 | edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿) | |
| 沿海 | coastal | |
| 沿线 | along the line (e.g. railway); the region near the line | |
| 沿河 | see 沿河土家族自治縣|沿河土家族自治县[Yan2 he2 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 沿路 | along the way; on the way; area beside a road | |
| 历史沿革 | historical development; background | |
| 沿江 | along the river; the region around the river | |
| 沿用 | to continue to use (old methods); to apply as before; according to usage | |
| 前沿 | (military) forward position; frontier; cutting-edge; forefront | |
| 沿边 | close to the border; along the border | |
| 边沿 | edge; fringe |