àn

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Definitions

  1. 1. bank; shore; beach; coast

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 岸

两岸
liǎng àn

bilateral

岸上
àn shàng

ashore

沿岸
yán àn

coastal area

海岸
hǎi àn

coastal

上岸
shàng àn

to go ashore; to climb ashore

伟岸
wěi àn

imposing

傲岸
ào àn

proud

两岸三地
liǎng àn sān dì

China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)

两岸对话
liǎng àn duì huà

bilateral talks

凹岸
āo àn

concave bank

到岸价
dào àn jià

cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) (transportation)

南岸
nán àn

Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

南岸区
nán àn qū

Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

口岸
kǒu àn

a port for external trade

堤岸
dī àn

embankment

对岸
duì àn

opposite bank (of a body of water)

岸标
àn biāo

lighthouse

岸然
àn rán

solemn

岸边
àn biān

shore

崖岸
yá àn

cliff

左岸
zuǒ àn

Left Bank (in Paris)

彼岸
bǐ àn

the other shore

彼岸花
bǐ àn huā

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

抵岸
dǐ àn

to come ashore

拍岸
pāi àn

to beat against the shore (of waves)

东海岸
dōng hǎi àn

East Coast

江岸
jiāng àn

Jiang'an district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

江岸区
jiāng àn qū

Jiang'an district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

河岸
hé àn

riverside

沿岸地区
yán àn dì qū

coastal area

海岸线
hǎi àn xiàn

coastline

海岸警卫队
hǎi àn jǐng wèi duì

coastguard

海岸护卫队
hǎi àn hù wèi duì

coast guard

海峡两岸关系协会
hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì

PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)

登岸
dēng àn

to go ashore

美国海岸警卫队
měi guó hǎi àn jǐng wèi duì

United States Coast Guard

苦海无边,回头是岸
kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn

The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.

落水狗上岸
luò shuǐ gǒu shàng àn

like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

通商口岸
tōng shāng kǒu àn

treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers

道貌岸然
dào mào àn rán

sanctimonious

隔岸观火
gé àn guān huǒ

to watch the fires burning across the river

离岸
lí àn

offshore

离岸价
lí àn jià

free on board (FOB) (transportation)

靠岸
kào àn

(of a boat) to reach the shore

驳岸
bó àn

a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment

高岸
gāo àn

in grand style

高岸深谷
gāo àn shēn gǔ

high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location