岸 (ngon6 | an4) : shore

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岸

ngon6

an4

[1] shore; bank; coast
[2] high; lofty; proud

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 山 (#46)

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

岸

This word has been viewed 9865 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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海岸 hoi2 ngon6 hai3 an4 = coast; seashore

沿岸 jyun4 ngon6 yan2 an4 = coastal area

對岸 deoi3 ngon6 dui4 an4 = the opposite bank; the other side (of the river, lake, strait or sea)

兩岸 loeng5 ngon6 liang3 an4 = bilateral; both shores/coasts

口岸 hau2 ngon6 kou3 an4 = a port on a sea or river

上岸 soeng5 ngon6 shang4 an4 = landing, disembarkation; go ashore, hit the beach

西岸 sai1 ngon6 = West Bank

兩岸對話 loeng5 ngon6 deoi3 waa6 liang3 an4 dui4 hua4 = cross-strait talks

堤岸 tai4 ngon6 di1 an4 = embankment

海岸線 hoi2 ngon6 sin3 hai3 an4 xian4 = the coastline; seaboard; shoreline
See all 32 compounds (CantoDict reports 35 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 岸
Unicode code for this character: U+5cb8 (off-site link)

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