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Chinese symbol for “riparian”

濒河
bīn hé
Traditional: 瀕河
bordering a river; riparian

The closest CC-CEDICT match for riparian is 濒河 (bīn hé), defined as: bordering a river; riparian.

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Characters and stroke order

濒 bīn
to approach; near, on the verge of
radical 85 ⽔ · 16 strokes
河 hé
river, stream; the Yellow river
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 濒河.

WordPinyinMeaning
濒临 (瀕臨)bīn línon the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of
濒危 (瀕危)bīn wēiendangered (species); in imminent danger
濒死 (瀕死)bīn sǐnearing death; on the point of demise
濒于 (瀕於)bīn yúnear to; approaching (collapse)
濒海 (瀕海)bīn hǎicoastal; bordering the sea
濒危物种 (瀕危物種)bīn wēi wù zhǒngendangered species
河流hé liúriver; 条 (tiáo)
河道hé dàoriver course; river channel

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.