yán àn 
		coastal area
littoral or riparian
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liǎng àn 
		bilateral
both shores
both sides
both coasts
Taiwan and mainland
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			duì àn 
		opposite bank (of a body of water)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			àn 
		bank
shore
beach
coast
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jiāng àn 
		Jiang'an district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ àn 
		the other shore
(Buddhism) paramita
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shàng àn 
		to go ashore
to climb ashore
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xī àn 
		the west bank
West Bank of Jordan River
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kǒu àn 
		a port for external trade
a trading or transit post on border between countries
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hǎi àn xiàn 
		coastline
seaboard
shoreline
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Nán àn 
		Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Nán àn qū 
		Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liǎng àn sān dì 
		China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jiāng àn qū 
		Jiang'an district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wěi àn 
		imposing
upright and tall
outstanding
gigantic in stature
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kào àn 
		(of a boat) to reach the shore
to pull toward shore
close to shore
landfall
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pāi àn 
		to beat against the shore (of waves)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gé àn guān huǒ 
		to watch the fires burning across the river
to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tōng shāng kǒu àn 
		treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dào àn jià 
		Cost, Insurance, and Freight (CIF) (transportion)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bó àn 
		a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment
revetment
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì 
		PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lí àn jià 
		Free On Board (FOB) (transportation)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Měi guó Hǎi àn Jǐng wèi duì 
		United States Coast Guard
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn 
		The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
Repent and ye shall be saved!
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yá àn 
		cliff
steep slope
fig. arrogant and difficult person
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gāo àn shēn gǔ 
		high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location