shēn​biān HSK2

beside

身边 (身邊) shēn​biān
beside place word
at or by one's side; in one's immediate presence

He stayed by the patient's side the whole time.

on hand place word
in one's possession; carried with one at the moment

Luckily I had a spare key on me, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get into the house.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
110.1 per million appears in 37% of films
Written text
116.5 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 2

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT