Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yán
English
- follow a course, go along
- along
- to follow (a line, tradition etc)
- to carry on
- to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)
- border
- edge
- along; alongside
粵語
- 跟隨一定嘅規則或者路線
Words containing 沿
- 沿海jyun4 hoi2
coastal
- 沿岸jyun4 ngon6
coastal area
- 沿用jyun4 jung6
to continue to use (old methods)
- 沿線jyun4 sin3
along the line (e.g. railway)
- 沿途jyun4 tou4
along the sides of the road
- 沿襲jyun4 zaap6
to carry on as before
- 邊沿bin1 jyun4
edge
- 沿住jyun4 zyu6
along [written and colloquial]
- 沿例jyun4 lai6
following the model
- 床沿cong4 jyun4
the edge of a bed
- 帽沿mou2 jyun4
variant of 帽檐[mao4 yan2]
- 沿灘jyun4 taan1
see 沿灘區|沿滩区[Yan2 tan1 Qu1]
- 沿著jyun4 zyu3
to go along
- 沿革jyun4 gaak3
evolution of sth over time
- 前沿cin4 jyun4
(military) forward position
- 沿江jyun4 gong1
along the river
- 沿河jyun4 ho4
see 沿河土家族自治縣|沿河土家族自治县[Yan2 he2 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 沿路jyun4 lou6
along the way; on the way
- 沿兒jyun4 ji4
edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿)
- 沿街jyun4 gaai1
along the street; in the street
- 沿邊jyun4 bin1
close to the border
- 沿洄jyun4 wui4
to go with the stream
- 歷史沿革lik6 si2 jyun4 gaak3
historical development
- 沿灘區jyun4 taan1 keoi1
Yantan, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan