syu3 bin1戍邊戍边
Jyutpingsyu3 bin1
Yalesyu bīn
Definition
To guard the border; to defend the frontier.
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How it's used
This term is strictly literary and belongs to the register of historical accounts or formal descriptions of military duty. It is never used in modern daily conversation to describe actual border security, which would instead be expressed using terms like 守邊境.
Examples
He went to guard the border before and hasn't returned for a long time.
Related words
Common phrases
soldiers guarding the border
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this word in casual contexts, but it sounds extremely archaic and out of place in modern speech. It carries a heavy, epic tone that is reserved for historical or poetic narratives.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
