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): ㄘㄚㄅㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caat³ bin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cābiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄚㄅㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsabian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: cābiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄚㄅㄧㄢㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsabial
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰä⁵⁵ pjɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caat³ bin¹
  - Yale: chaat bīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat⁸ bin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cad³ bin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːt̚³ piːn⁵⁵/

Verb

擦邊

to touch the side as it edges away; to sideswipe
(figuratively) to be close to; to be slightly higher than
(figuratively) to be marginally relevant

Derived terms

擦邊球／擦边球 (cābiānqiú)

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