崖 (ngaai4 | ya2) : cliff; precipice

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崖

ngaai4

ya2

cliff; precipice; edge of a cliff

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 山 (#46)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

崖

This word has been viewed 3771 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Nov 2010 14:11

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山崖 saan1 ngaai4 shan1 ya2 = cliff

懸崖 jyun4 ngaai4 xuan2 ya2 = precipice

懸崖勒馬 jyun4 ngaai4 laak6 maa5 xuan2 ya2 le4 ma3 = to act in the nick of time before it is too late;

崖壁 ngaai4 bik1 ya2 bi4 = precipice

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綁匪懾於法律威嚴及時懸崖勒馬，算他們聰明。
The kidnappers, being fearful of the strict laws, were clever to pull back and stop before it became too late.

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Decimal representation of this word: 崖
Unicode code for this character: U+5d16 (off-site link)

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