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岸

àn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character

岸 (àn) means "(river/lake/sea) bank, shore". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 岸 means

1. bank; shore; beach; coast

Other readings

岸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ànvariant of {岸|àn}

Example sentences

• 全部上岸！
  All ashore!
• 她的家在河对岸。
  Tā de jiā zài hé duì'àn.
  Her house is across the river.
• 孩子们滑下岸边。
  Háizimen huá xià ànbiān.
  The children slid down the bank.
• 波浪拍打着海岸。
  Bōlàng pāida zhe hǎi'àn.
  Waves are beating the shore.
• 岸边开满了鲜花。
  Blossoms have come out on the embankment.
• 他的村屋在海岸上。
  Tā de cūn wū zài hǎi'àn shàng.
  His cottage is on the coast.

Words starting with 岸

• 岸边àn biānshore
• 岸上àn shàngashore; on the riverbank
• 岸标àn biāolighthouse; shore beacon
• 岸然àn ránsolemn; serious

Words containing 岸

• 两岸liǎng ànbilateral; both shores; both sides
• 海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
• 对岸duì ànopposite bank (of a body of water)
• 彼岸bǐ ànthe other shore; (Buddhism) paramita
• 上岸shàng ànto go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period…
• 口岸kǒu àna port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries
• 河岸hé ànriverside; river bank
• 沿岸yán àncoastal area; littoral or riparian
• 海岸线hǎi àn xiàncoastline; seaboard; shoreline
• 左岸Zuǒ ànLeft Bank (in Paris)
• 堤岸dī ànembankment; bank; levee
• 靠岸kào àn(of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore
• 道貌岸然dào mào àn ránsanctimonious; dignified
• 伟岸wěi ànimposing; upright and tall; outstanding
• 离岸lí ànoffshore
• 登岸dēng ànto go ashore; to disembark
• 抵岸dǐ ànto come ashore
• 拍岸pāi ànto beat against the shore (of waves)
• 高岸gāo ànin grand style; high bank
• 到岸价dào àn jiàcost, insurance, and freight (CIF) (transportation)
• 南岸区Nán àn QūNan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重庆
• 彼岸花bǐ àn huāred spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
• 东海岸Dōng hǎi ànEast Coast
• 离岸价lí àn jiàfree on board (FOB) (transportation)

Characters that look like 岸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 库kùwarehouse; storehouse; (file) library
• 屏píng(standing) screen
• 卓zhuóoutstanding
• 串chuànto string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 屌diǎopenis; (slang) cool or extraordinary; (Cantonese) to fuck

Sounds the same

Read àn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 按to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 案(legal) case; incident; record
• 暗dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden
• 黯(bound form) dark; dull (color); dim; gloomy
• 胺(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 犴used in 狴犴
• 豻jail

Where 岸 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Nature, Landscape & Wild Animals (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read àn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.