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边界 biān jiè boundary / border
边境 biān jìng frontier / border
边儿 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1]
镶边 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc)
疆界 jiāng jiè border / boundary
界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm
边 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously
际 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances)
境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory
沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge
疆 jiāng border / boundary
涯 yá border / horizon / shore
镶 xiāng to inlay / to embed / ridge / border
垠 yín limit / border / river bank
圻 qí boundary / a border
畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path
埸 yì border
堮 è a boundary / a border
广西 Guǎng xī Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 / in South Central China, on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂, capital Nanning 南寧|南宁 / until 1959, Guangxi province
黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] / Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia / Amur river
海关 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4]
口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries
游走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
花边 huā biān lace / decorative border
边疆 biān jiāng border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region
交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border
广西壮族自治区 Guǎng xī Zhuàng zú Zì zhì qū Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South Central China, on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂[Gui4], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2] / until 1959, Guangxi province
国界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries
泸沽湖 Lú gū Hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan
鸿沟 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 / and Han 漢|汉
接壤 jiē rǎng to border on
边城 biān chéng border town / remote town
偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade
花坛 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
南疆 Nán Jiāng southern border (of a country)
国境 guó jìng national border / frontier
边陲 biān chuí border area / frontier
太行山 Tài háng shān Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi
边关 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
边区 biān qū border area
鸭绿江 Yā lù Jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
越界 yuè jiè to cross a border / to overstep a bound
中国海关 zhōng guó hǎi guān Chinese customs (i.e. border police)
开城 Kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
出界 chū jiè to cross a border / to go out of bounds (sport)
南岭 Nán lǐng Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi
贺兰山 Hè lán Shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
边防军 biān fáng jūn border guard / frontier army
帕米尔 Pà mǐ ěr Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan
三八线 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
沿边 yán biān close to the border / along the border
封疆 fēng jiāng border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)
边检 biān jiǎn border inspection / immigration inspection
戍边 shù biān to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post
樟木 Zhāng mù Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border
越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country
界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border
边界线 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line
滚边 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging
哨卡 shào qiǎ border sentry post
界河 jiè hé border river (between countries or regions)
海疆 hǎi jiāng coastal border region
边民 biān mín people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area
帕米尔高原 Pà mǐ ěr Gāo yuán Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan
花被 huā bèi perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower
关防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
图们江 Tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
九嶷山 Jiǔ yí shān Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong
独龙江 Dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit
塞 sài strategic pass / tactical border position
滨 bīn shore / beach / coast / bank / to border on
濒 bīn to approach / to border on / near
陉 xíng border the stove / defile / pass
州界 zhōu jiè state border / state line
摩尔多瓦 Mó ěr duō wǎ Moldova / Republic of Moldova, former Soviet republic on the border with Romania
国界线 guó jiè xiàn national border
边防站 biān fáng zhàn border station / frontier post
塝 bàng the edge / border of a field
边币 biān bì Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation
边地 biān dì border district / borderland
边卡 biān qiǎ border checkpoint
绲边 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging
毘 pí adjoin / border
哈巴罗夫斯克 Hā bā luó fū sī kè Khabarovsk, far eastern Russian city and province on the border with Heilongjiang province of China
裍 kǔn a border or band on the edge of a dress
怒江 Nù jiāng Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the upper reaches of Salween river 薩爾溫江|萨尔温江, forming border of Myanmar and Thailand
深圳河 Shēn zhèn hé Shenzhen or Shamchun river Guangdong, the border between Hong Kong new territories and PRC
瓦罕走廊 Wǎ hǎn zǒu láng Wakhan Corridor, panhandle in the northeast of Afghanistan sharing a border with China at its eastern end
中俄边界协议 Zhōng E2 biān jiè xié yì Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991
中国西北边陲 Zhōng guó xī běi biān chuí border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)
克孜尔尕哈 Kè zī ěr gǎ hā Kizilgaha (Uighur: red-mouthed crow or border sentry), site of famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuchar county 庫車|库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
克拉斯金诺 Kè lā sī jīn nuò Kraskino town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, close to the North Korean border
吉兰丹州 Jí lán dān zhōu Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba1 lu3]
吉兰丹河 Jí lán dān Hé Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border
哥打巴鲁 Gē dǎ bā lǔ Kota Bharu, city in Malaysia on border with Thailand, capital of Kelantan sultanate
安南山脉 An1 nán shān mài Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos
德布勒森 Dé bù lè sēn Debrecen, Hungary's second city, capital of Hajdú-Bihar county 豪伊杜·比豪爾州|豪伊杜·比豪尔州[Hao2 yi1 du4 · / Bi4 hao2 er3 zhou1] in east Hungary on the border with Romania
托木尔 Tuō mù ěr Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan
托木尔峰 Tuō mù ěr fēng Victory Peak or Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan
东仓里 Dōng cāng lǐ Dongchang-ni, North Korean missile launch site on Yellow Sea, 70 km from Chinese border
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