涯 (ngaai4 | ya2) : margin; waterside

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涯

ngaai4

ya2

[1] margin; limit; boundary
[2] waterside; riverbank; shore

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

涯

This word has been viewed 3152 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Nov 2010 14:20

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生涯 sang1 ngaai4 sheng1 ya2 = career

天涯 tin1 ngaai4 tian1 ya2 = skyline; the end of the world

天涯海角 tin1 ngaai4 hoi2 gok3 tian1 ya2 hai3 jiao3 = the ends of the earth; the remotest corners of the earth

咫尺天涯 zi2 cek3 tin1 ngaai4 zhi3 chi3 tian1 ya2 = to see little of each other though living nearby

天涯何處無芳草 tin1 ngaai4 ho4 cyu3 mou4 fong1 cou2 tian1 ya2 he2 chu4 wu2 fang1 cao3 = there are tons of potential mates in the world; there are plenty of fish in the sea;

學海無涯 hok6 hoi2 mou4 ngaai4 xue2 hai3 wu2 ya2 = no limits to what one still has to learn

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Decimal representation of this word: 涯
Unicode code for this character: U+6daf (off-site link)

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