Radical:

meaning for bīn:

  • - to approach
  • - to border on
  • - nearon the edge of
  • - (fig.) on the verge of
  • - close toendangered (species)
  • - in imminent danger
  • - critically illnear to
  • - approaching (collapse)nearing death
  • - on the point of demise
  • - approaching extinctioncoastal
  • - bordering the sea