Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yá
English
- cliff, precipice
- precipice; cliff
- precipitous
- Taiwan pr. [yai2]
- cliff
粵語
- 山邊、高地陡峭嘅邊沿
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 崖
- 懸崖jyun4 ngaai4
precipice
- 山崖saan1 ngaai4
cliff
- 崖鷹ngaai4 jing1
a sparrow hawk; a black kite (milvus migrans), a bird of prey
- 崖限ngaai4 haan6
cliff barring the way
- 崖岸ngaai4 ngon6
cliff
- 瓊崖king4 ngaai4
Qiongya, historic name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]
- 陡崖dau2 ngaai4
steep cliff
- 茫崖mong4 ngaai4
see 茫崖市[Mang2 ya2 Shi4]
- 懸崖勒馬jyun4 ngaai4 lak6 maa5
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
- 崖頭ngaai4 tau4
- 崖州ngaai4 zau1
ancient name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]
- 跳崖tiu3 ngaai4
to jump off a cliff
- 斷崖dyun6 ngaai4
steep cliff
- 崖略ngaai4 loek6
(literary) outline; general idea; rough sketch
- 崖谷ngaai4 guk1
valley
- 崖刻ngaai4 hak1
rock carving
- 珠崖zyu1 ngaai4
Zhuya, historic name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3]
- 崖壁ngaai4 bik1
escarpment
- 墜崖zeoi6 ngaai4
to fall from a cliff
- 崖广ngaai4 jin1
noun; house built on a cliff; very dangerous
- 崖壑ngaai4 kok3
valley
- 懸崖絕壁jyun4 ngaai4 zyut6 bik1
see 懸崖峭壁|悬崖峭壁[xuan2 ya2 qiao4 bi4]
- 崖州區ngaai4 zau1 keoi1
Yazhou, a district of Sanya City 三亞市|三亚市[San1 ya4 Shi4], Hainan
- 斷崖式dyun6 ngaai4 sik1
(of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep; precipitous