巉巉

Chinese

		cliff	cliff
trad. (巉巉)		巉	巉
simp. #(巉巉)		巉	巉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánchán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánchán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánchán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-chʻan²
    • Yale: chán-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charncharn
    • Palladius: чаньчань (čanʹčanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/

Adjective

巉巉

1. (literary) dangerously steep; precipitous
2. (literary) sharp; sharp-edged; keen

Synonyms

• (steep):

• 壁立 (bìlì) (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.)
• 岢峨 (kě'é) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
• 岢峻 (kějùn) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
• 峭 (qiào) (in compounds only)
• 峻峭 (jùnqiào) (of a mountain, high and steep)
• 崒 (zú) (literary)
• 崎 (qí) (literary or Min Nan)
• 嶔崟／嵚崟 (qīnyín) (literary, dangerously steep)
• 嶜崟 (dangerously steep)
• 巀嶭 (of mountains, high, lofty, and steep)
• 巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
• 巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
• 筆陡／笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
• 陡 (dǒu)
• 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
• 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
• 險峻／险峻 (xiǎnjùn) (dangerously steep)
• 高峻 (gāojùn) (of a mountain, high and steep)

 

Noun

巉巉

1. (literary) steep hill; precipitous mountain