# 悬崖 (xuányá)

In Mandarin Chinese, 悬崖 (xuányá) means “cliff; precipice”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: cliff; precipice
- Pinyin: xuányá (xuan2 ya2)
- Traditional: 懸崖
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 登山队员小心翼翼地走过悬崖边。
  Dēngshān duìyuán xiǎoxīnyìyì de zǒuguò xuányá biān.
  The mountaineers carefully walked past the edge of the cliff.

## Characters

- [悬](https://hanziro.com/word/xuan-hang/) (xuán): to hang; unresolved
- 崖 (yá): precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2]

https://hanziro.com/word/xuan-ya-cliff/

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