Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
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English
- bank, shore
- bank; shore; beach; coast
- beach, coast
- river bank; seashore
粵語
- 貼住水邊嘅高地(量詞:個)
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 岸
- 上岸soeng5 ngon6
to go ashore; to climb ashore
- 兩岸loeng5 ngon6
bilateral
- 海岸hoi2 ngon6
coastal
- 沿岸jyun4 ngon6
coastal area
- 口岸hau2 ngon6
a port for external trade
- 對岸deoi3 ngon6
opposite bank (of a body of water)
- 岸邊ngon6 bin1
shore
- 離岸lei4 ngon6
offshore
- 靠岸kaau3 ngon6
(of a boat) to reach the shore
- 埋岸maai4 ngon6
to reach the shore
- 海岸線hoi2 ngon6 sin3
coastline
- 彼岸bei2 ngon6
the other shore
- 彼岸花bei2 ngon6 faa1
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
- 岸然ngon6 jin4
solemn
- 抵岸dai2 ngon6
to come ashore
- 崖岸ngaai4 ngon6
cliff
- 駁岸bok3 ngon6
a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment
- 兩岸四地loeng5 ngon6 sei3 dei6
lit. two coasts and four lands, including the Greater China region of Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
- 象牙海岸zoeng6 ngaa4 hoi2 ngon6
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw)
- 西岸sai1 ngon6
west bank; west shore; west coast
- 南岸naam4 ngon6
see 南岸區|南岸区[Nan2 an4 Qu1]
- 河岸ho4 ngon6
riverside
- 岸上ngon6 soeng6
ashore
- 回頭是岸wui4 tau4 si6 ngon6
in repentance, there is salvation, evaluating own behavior and admitting and regretting past wrongdoings, and asking for help