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- to go ashore; to climb ashore
- (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- (of a boat) to reach the shore
- to pull toward shore
- close to shore
- landfall
- a port for external trade
- a trading or transit post on border between countries
Trad. 駁岸
- a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment
- revetment
Trad. 江岸區
- Jiang'an, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 南岸區
- Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
Trad. 到岸價
- cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) (transportation)
- high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location
Trad. 兩岸三地
- China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
Trad. 黃金海岸
- name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain)
Trad. 隔岸觀火
- to watch the fires burning across the river
- to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
- treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
- like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
Trad. 美國海岸警衛隊
- United States Coast Guard
Trad. 海峽兩岸關係協會
- PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
Trad. 苦海無邊，回頭是岸
- 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!