路邊

See also: 路边

Chinese

		road; path; way	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (路邊)		路	邊
simp. (路边)		路	边

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùbiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ bin¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): lu⁵ bien¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lu-piên

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lu⁴ biên¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-piⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùbiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùbian
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-pien¹
    • Yale: lù-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhbian
    • Palladius: лубянь (lubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùbiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùbianr
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-pien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: lù-byānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhbial
    • Palladius: лубяньр (lubjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ pi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ bin¹
    • Yale: louh bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² piːn⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lu⁵ bien¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu¹¹ piɛn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-piên
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu bien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴ bian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ pi̯en²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lu⁴ biên¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵³ piɛn⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-piⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lōo-pinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxpvy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ pĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹⁻²² pĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ pĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ pĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ pĩ⁴⁴/

Noun

路邊

1. roadside; the side of the road

   《路邊的野花不要採》 [MSC, trad.]
   《路边的野花不要采》 [MSC, simp.]

   “Lùbiān de yěhuā bùyào cǎi” [Pinyin]

   "Don't pick the flowers by the road" (Teresa Teng song)

Synonyms

• 街邊／街边 (jiēbiān)
• 路旁 (lùpáng)
• 路畔 (lùpàn)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 路邊 (“roadside”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		路邊, 路旁, 路畔
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	路邊, 路旁
	Singapore	路邊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	路邊
	Singapore (Guangfu)	路邊
Hakka	Meixian	路脣, 路脣口, 路邊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	路脣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	路脣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	路脣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	路脣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	路脣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	路脣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	墿邊, 墿沿
Southern Min	Xiamen	路墘
	Quanzhou	路墘
	Zhangzhou	路墘
	Penang (Hokkien)	路邊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	路墘
	Singapore (Teochew)	路墘
	Batam (Teochew)	路墘
	Singapore (Hainanese)	路墘, 路邊

Derived terms

• 少年若無一擺戇，路邊哪有有應公／少年若无一摆戆，路边哪有有应公
• 路邊擔仔／路边担仔
• 路邊攤／路边摊 (lùbiāntān)
• 路邊炸彈／路边炸弹 (lùbiān zhàdàn)
• 路邊社／路边社 (lùbiānshè)
• 路邊花／路边花

 

Further reading

• “Entry #10277”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.