悬崖
xuányá
cliff; precipice
Characters in this word
崖 yá
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- Made of
- 山 mountain, hill, peak 厓 precipice
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 车队沿着悬崖边的公路缓慢前进，任何疏忽都可能酿成事故。 Chēduì yánzhe xuányá biān de gōnglù huǎnmàn qiánjìn, rènhé shūhu dōu kěnéng niàngchéng shìgù. The convoy moved slowly along the road by the cliff; any negligence could have caused an accident.
- 站在悬崖上往下看，我的腿有点发抖。 Zhàn zài xuányá shàng wǎng xià kàn, wǒ de tuǐ yǒudiǎn fādǒu. Standing on the cliff and looking down, my legs trembled a little.
- 悬崖下面有一条小河，水很清。 Xuányá xiàmiàn yǒu yī tiáo xiǎo hé, shuǐ hěn qīng. Below the cliff there is a small river, and the water is very clear.
Related words
- 悬 xuán to hang; to suspend; unresolved
- 悬挂 xuánguà to hang; to suspend
- 悬念 xuánniàn suspense; unresolved question
- 悬殊 xuánshū vastly different; large disparity
- 峡谷 xiágǔ canyon; gorge
- 雪山 xuěshān snow-covered mountain
- 沼泽 zhǎozé swamp; marsh; wetland
- 田园 tiányuán rural; countryside; pastoral
- 沿岸 yán'àn coastal or riverside area; along the shore/bank
- 田间 tiánjiān in the fields; field
- 下游 xiàyóu downstream; lower reaches; downstream sector
- 田野 tiányě field; open country; fieldwork