擦邊

See also: 擦边

Chinese

		to wipe; to erase; rubbing (brush stroke in painting) to wipe; to erase; rubbing (brush stroke in painting); to clean; to polish	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (擦邊)		擦	邊
simp. (擦边)		擦	边

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cābiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄚ ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caat³ bin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cābiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄚ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cabian
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻa¹-pien¹
    • Yale: tsā-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsabian
    • Palladius: цабянь (cabjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cābiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄚ ㄅㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cabianr
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻa¹-pien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsā-byānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsabial
    • Palladius: цабяньр (cabjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵ pi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caat³ bin¹
    • Yale: chaat bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat⁸ bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cad³ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːt̚³ piːn⁵⁵/

Etymology

The Internet slang sense is originally short for 打擦邊球／打擦边球 (dǎ cābiānqiú)

Verb

擦邊

1. (literally) to touch the side as it edges away; to sideswipe
2. (figurative) to be close to; to be slightly higher than
3. (figurative) to be marginally relevant
4. (Mainland China, Internet slang) to appeal to audience in a suggestive way
   • “网络擦边行为调查：莫让“擦边主播”毒害了青少年”, in 法治日报‎^[1] (overall work in Chinese), 2023 March 29, archived from the original on 2023-03-29

   • 擦边，网络用语，是指在直播短视频等平台上靠衣着暴露、行为挑逗吸引眼球的低俗行为。 [MSC, simp.]
     擦邊，網絡用語，是指在直播短視頻等平臺上靠衣著暴露、行為挑逗吸引眼球的低俗行為。 [MSC, trad.]

     Cābiān, wǎngluò yòngyǔ, shì zhǐ zài zhíbō duǎnshìpín děng píngtái shàng kào yīzhuó bàolù, xíngwèi tiǎodòu xīyǐn yǎnqiú de dīsú xíngwèi. [Pinyin]

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Derived terms

• 擦邊球／擦边球 (cābiānqiú)