the side

to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side

person (亻) + [sound: zé→cè] (则) = the side one leans to

A person tilting to one side gives the core image of lateral or beside. 则 contributes the sound cè and carries no additional meaning here.

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请站到路的左,让车先过。

qǐng zhàn dào lù de zuǒ cè,ràng chē xiān guò。

Please stand on the left side of the road and let the cars pass first.

着头,仔细听老师说话。

tā cè zhe tóu,zǐ xì tīng lǎo shī shuō huà。

He tilted his head to the side, listening carefully to what the teacher was saying.

Words with 侧

侧链

cè liàn

side chain (used in classifying amino acids)

双侧

shuāng cè

two-sided

体侧

tǐ cè

side of the body

一侧化

yī cè huà

lateralization

二侧

èr cè

two sides

侧耳

cè ěr

to bend an ear (to)

侧刀旁

cè dāo páng

name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc

侧壁

cè bì

side wall

侧室

cè shì

sideroom

侧写

cè xiě

to profile

侧影

cè yǐng

profile

侧手翻

cè shǒu fān

(gymnastics) cartwheel; to do a cartwheel

More characters with 亻