| 溜边儿 | liū biānr | to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble; to avoid getting involved | 
| 溜 | liū | to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate | 
| 溜 | liù | swift current; rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings; neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) | 
| 溜边 | liū biān | to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved | 
| 边 | biān | side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:个 / simultaneously | 
| 边 | bian | suffix of a noun of locality | 
| 边儿 | biānr | side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 边 | 
| 儿 | ér | child / son | 
| 儿 | r | non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |