| 涯 | yá | border; horizon; shore |
| 生涯 | shēng yá | career |
| 天涯 | tiān yá | the other end of the world; a far-away place |
人生短暂，
学术无涯 | rén shēng duǎn zàn ,
xué shù wú yá | Life is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis |
吾生也有涯，
而知也无涯 | wú shēng yě yǒu yá ,
ér zhī yě wú yá | Life is short, learning is limitless; Ars longa, vita brevis |
| 地角天涯 | dì jiǎo tiān yá | The ends of the earth |
| 天涯比邻 | tiān yá bǐ lín | far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away; absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| 天涯海角 | tiān yá hǎi jiǎo | the ends of the earth; separated worlds apart; Cape Haijiao in Sanya 三亚, Hainan |
| 天涯若比邻 | tiān yá ruò bǐ lín | far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away; absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| 学海无涯 | xué hǎi wú yá | sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn; ars longa, vita brevis |
| 戎马生涯 | róng mǎ shēng yá | army life (idiom); the experience of war |
海内存知己，
天涯若比邻 | hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ ,
tiān yá ruò bǐ lín | close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away; absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| 海角天涯 | hǎi jiǎo tiān yá | The Ends of the Earth (idiom) |
| 职涯 | zhí yá | career |
