提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 悬河 懸河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc syn 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 悬崖 懸崖 xuán yá precipice / overhanging cliff syn 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 山崖 shān yá cliff syn 垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) / dejected / crestfallen syn 峭壁 qiào bì cliff / steep / precipice syn 吊灯 吊燈 diào dēng hanging lamp 吊牌 弔牌 diào pái hangtag / swing tag / hanging sign 栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers 铁马 鐵馬 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 壁挂 壁掛 bì guà wall hanging 崖壁 yá bì escarpment / precipice / cliff 断崖 斷崖 duàn yá steep cliff / crag / precipice 悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué pending a decision / hanging in the balance 绞刑 絞刑 jiǎo xíng to execute by hanging 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 绞死 絞死 jiǎo sǐ to hang (i.e. execute by hanging) / to strangle 吊钩 吊鉤 diào gōu suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger 吊篮 吊籃 diào lán hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car) 绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet / hanging post 陡壁 dǒu bì steep cliff / precipice / vertical slope syn 吊杆 diào gān a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects) 绞索 絞索 jiǎo suǒ a noose for hanging criminals 不绝如缕 不絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly syn 缢死 縊死 yì sǐ to execute by hanging / to hang oneself 壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging) 厂 hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc syn 崖 yá precipice / cliff / Taiwan pr. [yai2] syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 冕 miǎn crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown syn 撩 liāo to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands) syn 揄 yú to draw out / to let hanging 嶂 zhàng cliff / range of peaks 缢 縊 yì (literary) to die by hanging or strangulation 幛 zhàng hanging scroll syn 磴 dèng cliff-ledge / stone step syn 髫 tiáo (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) syn 跂 qì to stand on tiptoe / to sit with feet hanging 磡 kàn dangerous sea-cliff 鬑 lián hanging temple hair 风中之烛 風中之燭 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread syn 釭 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish 簨 sǔn cross-beam for hanging bells 解民倒悬 解民倒懸 jiě mín dào xuán lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius) / to save the people from dire straits 挂轴 掛軸 guà zhóu hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting) 崖刻 yá kè rock carving / cliff engraving / words carved into cliff face 赤壁 chì bì Chibi, county-level city in Xianning 咸寧市|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 shi4], Hubei / Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 磛 chán cliff / peak 崿 è cliff / precipice 悬岩 懸岩 xuán yán cliff 嵒 yán cliff 碞 yán cliff 墈 kàn cliff 克孜尔尕哈 克孜爾尕哈 kè zī ěr gǎ hā Kizilgaha, site of a famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuqa, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang 厓 yá old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank) 小赤壁 xiǎo chì bì Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭[Bi4 tan2], Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan 崖岸 yá àn cliff / steep slope / fig. arrogant and difficult person 崖限 yá xiàn cliff barring the way / fig. brick wall 厂字旁 chǎng zì páng name of "cliff" 厂 radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27) 栈径 棧徑 zhàn jìng a plank road (built on trestles across the face of a cliff) 栈阁 棧閣 zhàn gé plank road built along the side of a cliff / CL:條|条[tiao2] 陡崖 dǒu yá steep cliff / precipice 搬起石头砸自己的脚 搬起石頭砸自己的腳 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard 一次受领 一次受領 cliff vesting 坽 líng (literary) precipitous cliff / (used in place names) 壁立千仞 bì lì - qiān rèn (idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep / lofty / imposing 屏条 屏條 píng tiáo set of (usually four) hanging scrolls syn 瑱 tiàn (literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk / (literary) to fill up 吊死鬼 diào sǐ guǐ ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game) 前途未卜 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? 劈挂拳 劈掛拳 pī guà quán Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) 喜幛 xǐ zhàng celebratory hanging scroll 投缳 投繯 tóu huán to hang oneself / to commit suicide by hanging 缳首 繯首 huán shǒu death by hanging 短尾鹦鹉 短尾鸚鵡 duǎn wěi yīng wǔ (bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) 空中花园 空中花園 kōng zhōng huā yuán hanging gardens (Babylon etc) / rooftop garden 悬滴结晶 懸滴結晶 xuán dī jié jīng hanging drop crystallization 可轻易完成的目标 可輕易完成的目標 low-hanging fruit 轻而易举的工作 輕而易舉的工作 low-hanging fruit 风中烛，瓦上霜 風中燭，瓦上霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread 绞杀 絞殺 jiǎo shā to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting / (fig.) to snuff out 挂饰 掛飾 guà shì hanging decoration 滴里耷拉 dī li - dā lā hanging down loosely / dangling in disorder 