崖 (yái) means Precipice (cliff). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
悬 崖 几乎是垂直的。
Xuányá jīhū shì chuízhí de.
The cliff is almost vertical.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 垂直
路的一边是悬 崖 峭壁。
Lù de yìbiān shì xuányáqiàobì.
One side of the road is a sheer cliff.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悬崖峭壁
一颗石子从 崖 上坠了下来。
Yì kē shízǐ cóng yá shang zhuì le xiàlái.
A stone fell from the cliff.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坠
他们从悬 崖 峭壁上爬了下去。
Tāmen cóng xuányáqiàobì shang pá le xiàqù.
They climbed down the sheer cliff face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悬崖峭壁
他站在悬 崖 边缘，不敢往下看。
Tā zhàn zài xuányá biānyuán, bù gǎn wǎng xià kàn.
He stood at the edge of the cliff and dared not look down.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 边缘
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Words that contain 崖
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Questions about 崖
How is 崖 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 崖 (yái, "Precipice (cliff)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 崖 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 崖 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 崖?
The dictionary page for 崖 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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