懸崖

See also: 悬崖

Chinese

		hang; suspend	precipice
trad. (懸崖)		懸	崖
simp. (悬崖)		悬	崖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuányá, xuányái

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ, ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ ngaai⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): xye¹ ia¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hiân-gâi / soân-gâi
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhyoe hhia (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuányá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuányá
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-ya²
    • Yale: sywán-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanya
    • Palladius: сюанья (sjuanʹja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛn³⁵ jä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuányái
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuányái
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-yai²
    • Yale: sywán-yái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanyai
    • Palladius: сюаньяй (sjuanʹjaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛn³⁵ jaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ ngaai⁴
    • Yale: yùhn ngàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ ngaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ ngai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xye¹ ia¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕye¹¹ ia¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-gâi
    • Tâi-lô: hiân-gâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hien'gaai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² ɡai¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân-gâi
    • Tâi-lô: suân-gâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soan'gaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan²⁴⁻²² ɡai²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhyoe hhia (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦyø²² ɦia̱⁴⁴/

Noun

懸崖

1. (literally, figuratively) cliff; precipice

   在懸崖邊行走是危險的。 [MSC, trad.]
   在悬崖边行走是危险的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài xuányá biān xíngzǒu shì wēixiǎn de. [Pinyin]

   It is dangerous to walk near the edge of a cliff.

Synonyms

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• 峭壁 (qiàobì)
• 崁下 (Hakka)
• 陡崖 (dǒuyá)

• 崩崗／崩岗 (Hakka)
• 絕壁／绝壁 (juébì)

Derived terms

• 勒馬懸崖／勒马悬崖
• 懸崖勒馬／悬崖勒马 (xuányálèmǎ)
• 懸崖峭壁／悬崖峭壁 (xuányáqiàobì)

• 懸崖絕壁／悬崖绝壁 (xuányájuébì)
• 視覺懸崖／视觉悬崖

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
懸	崖
けん Grade: S	がい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) けんがい [kèńgáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋɡa̠i]

Noun

懸(けん)崖(がい) • (kengai) 

1. cliff

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Korean

Hanja in this term
懸	崖

Noun

懸崖 • (hyeonae) (hangeul 현애)

1. Hanja form^? of 현애 (“cliff”).