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一边 yī biān

HSK 3 word · traditional 一邊

Meanings

• one side
• either side
• on the one hand
• on the other hand
• doing while

Characters

• 一 yī: one
• 边 biān, bian: side

Grammar: Doing two things at once with 一边

Subject + 一边 + Verb 1 + 一边 + Verb 2

Put 一边 before each of two actions that the same person does at the same time: "while". Both verbs share the subject, which comes once at the start.

Example sentences

他们一边唱歌一边走路。
They went along the street singing the song.
Tatoeba #348196 by zhouj1955 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

他一边唱歌一边工作。
He sang while working.
Tatoeba #1454456 by sadhen (CC BY 2.0 FR)

一边站着。
Stand aside.
Tatoeba #5092669 by mirrorvan (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).