悬
崖

Precipice in Chinese: 悬崖 (xuán yá)

xuán yá

precipice

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 懸崖1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1precipice
  2. 2overhanging cliff

Stroke order

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悬
崖

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄩㄢˊ

xuán

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄧㄚˊ

yá

ㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

悬崖

Simplified

懸崖

Traditional

Example sentences

See 悬崖 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他站在悬崖边上往下看。

    tā zhàn zài xuán yá biān shàng wǎng xià kàn。

    He stood at the edge of the cliff and looked down.

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Related words

悬

xuán

to hang or suspend

悬挂

xuán guà

to suspend

悬念

xuán niàn

suspense in a movie, play etc

悬殊

xuán shū

widely different

旋律

xuán lǜ

melody

旋涡

xuán wō

spiral

选民

xuǎn mín

voter

选项

xuǎn xiàng

option

选用

xuǎn yòng

to choose for some purpose

炫耀

xuàn yào

dazzling

削

xiāo

to peel with a knife

削弱

xuē ruò

to weaken

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