| 岸 | àn | bank; shore; beach; coast; CL:个 |
| 沿岸 | yán àn | coastal area; littoral or riparian |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 岸边 | àn biān | shore |
| 河岸 | hé àn | riverside; river bank |
| 口岸 | kǒu àn | a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries |
| 对岸 | duì àn | opposite bank (of a body of water) |
| 海岸线 | hǎi àn xiàn | coastline; seaboard; shoreline |
| 上岸 | shàng àn | to land; to disembark; to abandon a boat and go ashore; fig. to give up evil ways and return to virtue |
| 堤岸 | dī àn | embankment; bank; levee |
| 象牙海岸 | Xiàng yá hǎi àn | Ivory Coast, West Africa |
| 靠岸 | kào àn | (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall |
| 江岸 | Jiāng àn | Jiang'an district of Wuhan city 武汉市, Hubei |
| 彼岸 | bǐ àn | the other shore; paramita |
| 伟岸 | wěi àn | imposing; upright and tall; outstanding; gigantic in stature |
| 傲岸 | ào àn | proud; haughty |
| 两岸 | liǎng àn | bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland |
| 两岸三地 | liǎng àn sān dì | China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997) |
| 两岸对话 | liǎng àn duì huà | bilateral talks |
| 凹岸 | āo àn | concave bank |
| 到岸价 | dào àn jià | Cost, Insurance, and Freight (CIF) (transportion) |
| 北岸 | běi àn | the north bank |
| 南岸 | nán àn | the south bank; Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 南岸区 | Nán àn qū | Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 岸上 | àn shàng | ashore |
| 岸标 | àn biāo | lighthouse; shore beacon |
| 岸然 | àn rán | solemn; serious |
| 崖岸 | yá àn | cliff; steep slope; fig. arrogant and difficult person |
| 左岸 | Zuǒ àn | Left Bank (in Paris) |
| 抵岸 | dǐ àn | to come ashore |
| 拍岸 | pāi àn | to beat the short (of waves) |
| 东岸 | dōng àn | the east bank |
| 东海岸 | Dōng hǎi àn | East Coast |
| 江岸区 | Jiāng àn qū | Jiang'an district of Wuhan city 武汉市, Hubei |
| 沿岸地区 | yán àn dì qū | coastal area |
| 海岸警卫队 | hǎi àn jǐng wèi duì | coastguard |
| 海岸护卫队 | hǎi àn hù wèi duì | coast guard |
| 海峡两岸关系协会 | hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì | PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) |
| 美国海岸警卫队 | Měi guó Hǎi àn Jǐng wèi duì | United States Coast Guard |
苦海无边，
回头是岸 | 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! |
| 西岸 | xī àn | the west bank; West Bank of Jordan River |
| 通商口岸 | tōng shāng kǒu àn | treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers |
| 道貌岸然 | dào mào àn rán | sanctimonious; dignified |
| 隔岸观火 | 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) |
| 离岸 | lí àn | off-shore |
| 离岸价 | lí àn jià | Free On Board (FOB) (transportation) |
| 驳岸 | bó àn | a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment; revetment |
| 高岸 | gāo àn | in grand style; high bank |
| 高岸深谷 | gāo àn shēn gǔ | high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location |
