= y + a2
precipice / cliff / Taiwan pr. [yai2]
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How to pronounce 崖

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

崖 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + a2
old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)
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shān = sh + an1
mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
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Characters with 崖 as component

ái = Ø + ai2
to growl (of dog) / to bare fangs
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= y + a2
old variant of 涯[ya2]
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Words with 崖

precipice / overhanging cliff
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time

Sentences with 崖

崖 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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precipice / cliff / Taiwan pr. [yai2]

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