沿

along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge

small table

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

almost

how much / how many / several / a few

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

front-line / forward position / outpost / extending ahead / frontier (of science, technology etc)

coastal area / littoral or riparian

bedside

following the model / according to precedent

edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿)

coastal area

tape seam (in dressmaking) / tape trim

along the river / the region around the river

variant of 帽檐[mao4 yan2]

historical development / background