बीच (biich)

postposition/noun Mainly used as a postposition/noun meaning 'middle, among, between' -- as in बीच में (biich men); also has a separate, unrelated noun sense meaning 'seed' met in agricultural or literary contexts.
Sense 1 : in the middle of, among, between
postposition Almost always appears as बीच में (biich men) or के बीच (ke biich) governing an oblique noun/pronoun; बीच alone rarely stands as the postposition without में or के.
Synonyms: मध्य (madhy, formal), दरमियान (darmiyaan)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: बीच में (biich men) is one of the most-used location phrases in daily Hindi -- for a spot on a table, a point in a story, or a person literally standing between two others. You will also hear it figuratively, as in बीच में मत बोलो (biich men mat bolo, 'don't interrupt' -- literally 'don't speak in the middle').
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often drop में (men) and just say बीच (biich) when they mean 'in the middle' -- but बीच में (biich men) is the natural everyday phrase, not बीच by itself. 2) For 'between two things' the frame is X और Y के बीच (X aur Y ke biich, 'between X and Y'), not बीच of two separate phrases.
Sample Sentences:
किताब मेज़ के बीच में रखी है। The book is placed in the middle of the table.
(kitaab mez ke biich men rakhii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बीच में मत बोलो, पहले मेरी बात सुन लो। Don't interrupt, listen to what I have to say first.
(biich men mat bolo, pahle merii baat sun lo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
वह अपने दोस्तों के बीच बैठा था। He was sitting among his friends.
(vah apne doston ke biich baithaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
दोनों घरों के बीच एक छोटा-सा बगीचा है। There is a small garden between the two houses.
(donon gharon ke biich ek chhotaa-saa bagiichaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर वह हम दोनों के बीच में न आता, तो झगड़ा कभी न होता। If he hadn't come between the two of us, the fight would never have happened.
(agar vah ham donon ke biich men n aataa, to jhagdaa kabhii n hotaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
भीड़ के बीच में उसे अपनी माँ नहीं मिल रही थी। In the middle of the crowd, she couldn't find her mother.
(bhiid ke biich men use apnii maan nahiin mil rahii thii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या आप मीटिंग के बीच में थोड़ी देर के लिए बाहर जा सकते हैं? Could you step outside for a moment in the middle of the meeting?
(kyaa aap miiting ke biich men thodii der ke lie baahar jaa sakte hain?)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बीच में खड़े मत हो जाओ, रास्ता दो। Don't stand in the middle, make way.
(biich men khade mat ho jaao, raastaa do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
यह मामला सिर्फ हम दोनों के बीच रहना चाहिए। This matter should stay just between the two of us.
(yah maamlaa sirph ham donon ke biich rahnaa chaahie।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उन दोनों देशों के बीच वर्षों से तनाव चला आ रहा है। Tension has been running between those two countries for years.
(un donon deshon ke biich varshon se tanaav chalaa aa rahaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
जनता के बीच जाकर नेता ने अपनी योजना समझाई। Going among the public, the leader explained his plan.
(jantaa ke biich jaakar netaa ne apnii yojnaa samjhaaii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Sense 2 : middle point, midst (as a place or time)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: मध्य (madhy, formal), केंद्र (kendr, center, meaning scope narrower)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Used for the midpoint of a road, river, field, or even a conversation or life -- बीच की उम्र (biich kii umr, 'middle age') and बीच रास्ते में (biich raaste men, 'midway on the road') both draw on this same physical sense of 'the middle.'
Sample Sentences:
सड़क के बीच में एक बड़ा पेड़ खड़ा है। There is a big tree standing in the middle of the road.
(sadak ke biich men ek badaa ped khadaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
नदी का बीच सबसे गहरा होता है। The middle of the river is the deepest.
(nadii kaa biich sabse gahraa hotaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह बीच रास्ते में ही रुक गया। He stopped right in the middle of the way.
(vah biich raaste men hii ruk gayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बीच की उम्र में सेहत का ख़्याल रखना बहुत ज़रूरी है। In middle age, taking care of one's health is very important.
(biich kii umr men sehat kaa khyaal rakhnaa bahut zaroorii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर बीच का रास्ता चुना जाए तो शायद सबको फ़ायदा हो। If the middle path were chosen, maybe everyone would benefit.
(agar biich kaa raastaa chunaa jaae to shaayad sabko faaydaa ho।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Passive
खेत के बीच में एक कुआँ बना हुआ था। There was a well built in the middle of the field.
(khet ke biich men ek kuaan banaa huaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
काश हम बीच का कोई हल निकाल पाते। If only we could find some middle-ground solution.
(kaash ham biich kaa koii hal nikaal paate।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
बीच का रास्ता निकालो, वरना बात कभी नहीं बनेगी। Find a middle path, otherwise this will never work out.
(biich kaa raastaa nikaalo, varnaa baat kabhii nahiin banegii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
साल के बीच में ही उसने नौकरी बदल ली। Right in the middle of the year, he changed his job.
(saal ke biich men hii usne naukrii badal lii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मैदान के बीचोंबीच एक झंडा गाड़ा गया था। A flag had been planted right in the very middle of the field.
(maidaan ke biichombiich ek jhandaa gaadaa gayaa thaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
Sense 3 : seed (agricultural/literary)
noun, masculine
Synonyms: बीज (biij, more common word for seed)
Frequency: literary
Cultural Note: This sense overlaps in spelling with the far more common 'middle' sense but is a separate word historically related to बीज (biij, 'seed'); a learner will meet बीज far more often in daily speech, so this sense of बीच is worth recognizing but not prioritizing.
Sample Sentences:
किसान ने खेत में बीच बोया। The farmer sowed seed in the field.
(kisaan ne khet men biich boyaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
धरती की कोख में बीच पड़ा है। The seed lies in the womb of the earth.
(dhartii kii kokh men biich padaa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अच्छी फसल के लिए अच्छा बीच चाहिए। For a good harvest, good seed is needed.
(achchhii phasal ke lie achchhaa biich chaahie।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसने अपने खेत का बीच बचाकर रखा था। He had kept aside the seed from his own field.
(usne apne khet kaa biich bachaakar rakhaa thaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
यदि बीच सड़ जाता, तो फसल कभी न उगती। If the seed had rotted, the crop would never have grown.
(yadi biich sad jaataa, to phasal kabhii n ugtii।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
बीच को धूप में सुखाया जाता है। The seed is dried in the sun.
(biich ko dhoop men sukhaayaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
हर बीच में एक नया जीवन छिपा होता है। In every seed lies hidden a new life.
(har biich men ek nayaa jiivan chhipaa hotaa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कवि ने लिखा, हृदय में प्रेम का बीच पड़ा है। The poet wrote, the seed of love lies in the heart.
(kavi ne likhaa, hriday men prem kaa biich padaa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): बीच (biich)
(sg.m.oblique): बीच (biich)
(pl.m.direct): बीच (biich)
(pl.m.oblique): बीचों (biichon)