common
noun

Meaning of

崖 means cliff; steep rock face; margin; edge; boundary. Pronounced yá.

  • cliff; steep rock face
  • margin; edge; boundary

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Dēng
shān
duì
yuán
men
shàng
le
dǒu
qiào
de
shān
 

The mountain climbers scaled the steep cliff.

Xióng
yīng
zài
xuán
shàng
zhù
le
cháo
 

An eagle built its nest on the overhanging cliff.

shí
shì
zài
shān
shí
shàng
de
wén
 

Cliff inscriptions are texts carved on the stone walls of mountain cliffs.

xiǎo
xīn
huá
dǎo
 
chà
diǎn
zhuì
xià
shān
 

He slipped accidentally and almost fell off the cliff.

Zhè
tiáo
gōng
yán沿
zhe
shān
wān
yán
xiū
jiàn
 

This highway winds along the side of the cliff.