How to pronounce pang bian (旁边) in Chinese

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旁边

páng biān

Characters & meanings

pángT2

side; beside

biānT1

side; edge

Common mistake

Rising + high (2-1): climb on páng — aspirated p, back -ng ending — up into a level biān, whose b has no puff at all. Aspiration flips mid-word.

Example sentence

银行在学校旁边。

Yínháng zài xuéxiào pángbiān.

The bank is next to the school.

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