"崖" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /jä³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jaɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋaːi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋa¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ŋai̯¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ŋaɪ¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /ŋai⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ɡai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen], /ɡai¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ɡai²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ɡa²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], /ŋai⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /jä³⁵/, /jaɪ̯³⁵/, /ŋaːi̯²¹/, /ŋa¹¹/, /ŋai̯¹¹/, /ŋaɪ¹¹/, /ŋai⁵³/, /ɡai²⁴/, /ɡai¹³/, /ɡai²³/, /ɡa²⁴/, /ŋai⁵⁵/, /ɦia²³/ Chinese transliterations: yá [Mandarin, Pinyin], yái [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄚˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄧㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ngaai⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngà [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ngài [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ngai² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], ngài, gâi [Hokkien, POJ], gâ [Hokkien, POJ], ngai⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶ya, yá [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yá [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ya² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yá [Mandarin, Yale], ya [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], я [Mandarin, Palladius], ja [Mandarin, Palladius], yái [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yái [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yai² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yái [Mandarin, Yale], yai [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яй [Mandarin, Palladius], jaj [Mandarin, Palladius], ngàaih [Cantonese, Yale], ngaai⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngai⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngà [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ngài [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ngaˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ngaiˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], nga² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ngai² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ngài [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], gâi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], gaai [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], gâ [Hokkien, Tai-lo], gaa [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ngâi [POJ, Teochew], ⁶ya [Wu], ya^去 [Wu], ³hhia [Wu], /ɦia²³/ [Wu], ngje [Middle-Chinese], ngea [Middle-Chinese], /*ŋˤrar/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ŋreː/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*ŋre/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Same word as 睚 (OC *ŋreːs, “rim of the eye”) and 涯 (OC *ŋreː, *ŋre, “shore, bank”) (Schuessler, 2007). See the latter for etymology. Etymology templates: {{och-l|睚|rim of the eye}} 睚 (OC *ŋreːs, “rim of the eye”), {{och-l|涯|shore, bank}} 涯 (OC *ŋreː, *ŋre, “shore, bank”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 崖
  1. cliff; precipice (Classifier: 個/个 m)
    Sense id: en-崖-zh-character-YizaUIto Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. (literary) limit; boundary; margin Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-崖-zh-character-ml6lgvTp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 墘頭 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 墘头 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 沿子 (yánzi), 沿邊 (yánbiān), 沿边 (yánbiān), (yá) [in-compounds, literary], 界線 (jièxiàn), 界线 (jièxiàn), 端倪 (duānní) [literary], (biān), (biān), 邊墘 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 边墘 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 邊沿 (biānyán), 边沿 (biānyán), 邊緣 (biānyuán), 边缘 (biānyuán), 邊角 (biānjiǎo), 边角 (biānjiǎo), 邊際 (biānjì), 边际 (biānjì) Derived forms: 不立崖岸, 勒馬懸崖, 勒马悬崖, 墮崖, 堕崖, 山崖 (shānyá), 峻崖, 崖山, 崖岸 (yá'àn), 崖岸自高, 崇崖, 崖檢, 崖检, 崖次 (yácì), 崖涘, 崖略 (yálüè), 崖異, 崖异, 崖縣 (yáxiàn), 崖县 (yáxiàn), 崖邊 (yábiān), 崖边 (yábiān), 巉崖, 巔崖, 巅崖, 巔崖峻谷, 巅崖峻谷, 懸崖 (xuányá), 悬崖 (xuányá), 懸崖勒馬 (xuányálèmǎ), 悬崖勒马 (xuányálèmǎ), 懸崖峭壁 (xuányáqiàobì), 悬崖峭壁 (xuányáqiàobì), 懸崖絕壁 (xuányájuébì), 悬崖绝壁 (xuányájuébì), 摩崖 (móyá), 摩崖石刻, 斷崖 (duànyá), 断崖 (duànyá), 海崖, 海蝕崖, 海蚀崖, 珠崖 (Zhūyá), 瓊崖海棠, 琼崖海棠, 視覺懸崖, 视觉悬崖, 立崖岸, 紅崖 (Hóngyá), 红崖 (Hóngyá), 臨崖勒馬, 临崖勒马, 自崖而反, 骨崖崖

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      "word": "不立崖岸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "勒馬懸崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "勒马悬崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "墮崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "堕崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shānyá",
      "word": "山崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "峻崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "崖山"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yá'àn",
      "word": "崖岸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "崖岸自高"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "崇崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "崖檢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "崖检"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yácì",
      "word": "崖次"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "崖涘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yálüè",
      "word": "崖略"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "崖異"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "崖异"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yáxiàn",
      "word": "崖縣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yáxiàn",
      "word": "崖县"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yábiān",
      "word": "崖邊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yábiān",
      "word": "崖边"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "巉崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "巔崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "巅崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "巔崖峻谷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "巅崖峻谷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuányá",
      "word": "懸崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuányá",
      "word": "悬崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuányálèmǎ",
      "word": "懸崖勒馬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuányálèmǎ",
      "word": "悬崖勒马"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuányáqiàobì",
      "word": "懸崖峭壁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuányáqiàobì",
      "word": "悬崖峭壁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuányájuébì",
      "word": "懸崖絕壁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuányájuébì",
      "word": "悬崖绝壁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "móyá",
      "word": "摩崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "摩崖石刻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "duànyá",
      "word": "斷崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "duànyá",
      "word": "断崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "海崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "海蝕崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "海蚀崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Zhūyá",
      "word": "珠崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "瓊崖海棠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "琼崖海棠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "視覺懸崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "视觉悬崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "立崖岸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Hóngyá",
      "word": "紅崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Hóngyá",
      "word": "红崖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "臨崖勒馬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "临崖勒马"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "自崖而反"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "骨崖崖"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "睚",
        "2": "rim of the eye"
      },
      "expansion": "睚 (OC *ŋreːs, “rim of the eye”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "涯",
        "2": "shore, bank"
      },
      "expansion": "涯 (OC *ŋreː, *ŋre, “shore, bank”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Same word as 睚 (OC *ŋreːs, “rim of the eye”) and 涯 (OC *ŋreː, *ŋre, “shore, bank”) (Schuessler, 2007). See the latter for etymology.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "崖",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She said, \"There's a cliff over there. Do you think it's slippery?\"",
          "ref": "她說,那邊有個崖,你覺得滑嗎? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "她说,那边有个崖,你觉得滑吗? [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 2018, 雙雪濤, 《飛行家》, Taipei: 大塊文化, →ISBN, page 91\nTā shuō, nàbiān yǒu ge yá, nǐ juéde huá ma? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cliff; precipice (Classifier: 個/个 m)"
      ],
      "id": "en-崖-zh-character-YizaUIto",
      "links": [
        [
          "cliff",
          "cliff"
        ],
        [
          "precipice",
          "precipice"
        ],
        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "limit; boundary; margin"
      ],
      "id": "en-崖-zh-character-ml6lgvTp",
      "links": [
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ],
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ],
        [
          "margin",
          "margin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) limit; boundary; margin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ngài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ya²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "я"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jaɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàaih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaiˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nga²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋa¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaɪ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngài"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ya^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hhia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦia²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngje"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngea"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋˤrar/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋreː/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋre/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jä³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jaɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋa¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaɪ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦia²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ŋˤrar/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ŋreː/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ŋre/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "墘頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "墘头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yánzi",
      "word": "沿子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yánbiān",
      "word": "沿邊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yánbiān",
      "word": "沿边"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yá",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "涯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jièxiàn",
      "word": "界線"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jièxiàn",
      "word": "界线"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "duānní",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "端倪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biān",
      "word": "邊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biān",
      "word": "边"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "邊墘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "边墘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biānyán",
      "word": "邊沿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biānyán",
      "word": "边沿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biānyuán",
      "word": "邊緣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biānyuán",
      "word": "边缘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biānjiǎo",
      "word": "邊角"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biānjiǎo",
      "word": "边角"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biānjì",
      "word": "邊際"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biānjì",
      "word": "边际"
    }
  ],
  "word": "崖"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Advanced Mandarin",
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "不立崖岸"
    },
    {
      "word": "勒馬懸崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "勒马悬崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "墮崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "堕崖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shānyá",
      "word": "山崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "峻崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "崖山"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yá'àn",
      "word": "崖岸"
    },
    {
      "word": "崖岸自高"
    },
    {
      "word": "崇崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "崖檢"
    },
    {
      "word": "崖检"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yácì",
      "word": "崖次"
    },
    {
      "word": "崖涘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yálüè",
      "word": "崖略"
    },
    {
      "word": "崖異"
    },
    {
      "word": "崖异"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yáxiàn",
      "word": "崖縣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yáxiàn",
      "word": "崖县"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yábiān",
      "word": "崖邊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yábiān",
      "word": "崖边"
    },
    {
      "word": "巉崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "巔崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "巅崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "巔崖峻谷"
    },
    {
      "word": "巅崖峻谷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuányá",
      "word": "懸崖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuányá",
      "word": "悬崖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuányálèmǎ",
      "word": "懸崖勒馬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuányálèmǎ",
      "word": "悬崖勒马"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuányáqiàobì",
      "word": "懸崖峭壁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuányáqiàobì",
      "word": "悬崖峭壁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuányájuébì",
      "word": "懸崖絕壁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuányájuébì",
      "word": "悬崖绝壁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móyá",
      "word": "摩崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "摩崖石刻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "duànyá",
      "word": "斷崖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "duànyá",
      "word": "断崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "海崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "海蝕崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "海蚀崖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Zhūyá",
      "word": "珠崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "瓊崖海棠"
    },
    {
      "word": "琼崖海棠"
    },
    {
      "word": "視覺懸崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "视觉悬崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "立崖岸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hóngyá",
      "word": "紅崖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hóngyá",
      "word": "红崖"
    },
    {
      "word": "臨崖勒馬"
    },
    {
      "word": "临崖勒马"
    },
    {
      "word": "自崖而反"
    },
    {
      "word": "骨崖崖"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "睚",
        "2": "rim of the eye"
      },
      "expansion": "睚 (OC *ŋreːs, “rim of the eye”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "涯",
        "2": "shore, bank"
      },
      "expansion": "涯 (OC *ŋreː, *ŋre, “shore, bank”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Same word as 睚 (OC *ŋreːs, “rim of the eye”) and 涯 (OC *ŋreː, *ŋre, “shore, bank”) (Schuessler, 2007). See the latter for etymology.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "崖",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese nouns classified by 個/个",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She said, \"There's a cliff over there. Do you think it's slippery?\"",
          "ref": "她說,那邊有個崖,你覺得滑嗎? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "她说,那边有个崖,你觉得滑吗? [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 2018, 雙雪濤, 《飛行家》, Taipei: 大塊文化, →ISBN, page 91\nTā shuō, nàbiān yǒu ge yá, nǐ juéde huá ma? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cliff; precipice (Classifier: 個/个 m)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cliff",
          "cliff"
        ],
        [
          "precipice",
          "precipice"
        ],
        [
          "個",
          "個#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "个",
          "个#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "limit; boundary; margin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ],
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ],
        [
          "margin",
          "margin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) limit; boundary; margin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄚˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ngài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ya²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "я"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jä³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jaɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàaih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaiˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nga²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋa¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaɪ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngài"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ya^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hhia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦia²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngje"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngea"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋˤrar/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
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      "tags": [
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        "Zhengzhang"
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      "ipa": "/jä³⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/jaɪ̯³⁵/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːi̯²¹/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋa¹¹/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋai̯¹¹/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋaɪ¹¹/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋai⁵³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɡai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡai¹³/"
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      "ipa": "/ɡai²³/"
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    {
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋai⁵⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/ɦia²³/"
    },
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      "other": "/*ŋˤrar/"
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        "Quanzhou",
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        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
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