悬崖 meaning in English

xuányá

precipice; overhanging cliff

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 懸崖22 strokes

Meaning of 悬崖

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xuányá

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他tā们men一yì直zhí爬pá到dào悬xuán崖yá顶dǐng上shàng。

They climbed to the top of a cliff.

我wǒ差chà点diǎn从cóng悬xuán崖yá上shàng掉diào下xià去qù。

I nearly fell off the cliff.

车chē子zi若ruò是shì掉diào落luò悬xuán崖yá他tā们men早zǎo就jiù没méi命mìng了le。

They'd have been killed if the car had gone over the cliff.

只zhǐ迈mài一yī步bù，你nǐ就jiù会huì落là下xià悬xuán崖yá。

A single step, and you will fall over the cliff.

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Words that share a character with 悬崖.

悬挂	xuánguà	to suspend; to hang
悬念	xuánniàn	suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare
悬殊	xuánshū	vastly different; poles apart
悬赏	xuánshǎng	to offer a reward; bounty
悬浮	xuánfú	to float (in the air etc); suspension
悬疑	xuányí	suspense
悬案	xuán'àn	unresolved question; unresolved case

What does 悬崖 mean?

悬崖 (xuányá) means "precipice; overhanging cliff" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 悬崖?

悬崖 is made of 2 characters: 悬 (11 strokes), 崖 (11 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 悬崖 an HSK word?

Yes. 悬崖 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 悬崖 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 悬崖 is written 懸崖.