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涯

yá

Character

What 涯 means

1. border
2. horizon
3. shore

Example sentences

• 他的政治生涯完蛋了。
  Tā de zhèngzhì shēngyá wándàn le.
  His political career has ended.
• 他的政治生涯结束了。
  His political career has ended.
• 海上升明月，天涯共此时。
  Hǎishàng shēng míngyuè, tiānyá gòng cǐshí.
  As the moon rises above the sea, we share the same time though we are far apart.

Words containing 涯

• 生涯shēng yácareer; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
• 天涯tiān yáthe other end of the world; a faraway place
• 天涯海角tiān yá hǎi jiǎothe ends of the earth; separated worlds apart
• 浪迹天涯làng jì tiān yáto roam far and wide (idiom); to travel the world
• 职涯zhí yácareer
• 天涯区Tiān yá QūTianya, a district of Sanya City 三亚市
• 地角天涯dì jiǎo tiān yáThe ends of the earth
• 学海无涯xué hǎi wú yásea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn…
• 天涯若比邻tiān yá ruò bǐ línfar-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away
• 咫尺天涯zhǐ chǐ tiān yáso close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
• 戎马生涯róng mǎ shēng yáarmy life (idiom); the experience of war
• 天涯何处无芳草tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎothere are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
• 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yáLife is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis
• 海内存知己，天涯若比邻hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ línclose friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door…
• 天涯比邻tiān yá bǐ línsee 天涯若比邻
• 海角天涯hǎi jiǎo tiān yásee 天涯海角

Characters built on 厓

These share the phonetic component 厓 (yá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 崖yáprecipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái
• 睚yá(literary) corner of the eye; canthus

Characters that look like 涯

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

• 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 湿shīmoist; wet
• 渥wòto enrich; to moisten
• 搓cuōto rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist
• 湄méi(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 寐mèito sleep soundly

Sounds the same

Read yá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 牙tooth; ivory
• 崖precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái
• 芽bud; sprout
• 伢(dialect) child
• 衙office; yamen 衙门
• 睚(literary) corner of the eye; canthus
• 蚜aphis
• 枒the coconut tree; rim
• 厓old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)
• 堐(used in place names); Taiwan pr. ái
• 琊used in place names, notably 琅琊山; Taiwan pr. yé
• 玡variant of 琊