渡 dù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 度 degree, system
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
渡
dù
to cross a river
Character
Example phrases
- 船夫等风浪平息后，才把游客渡到对岸。 Chuánfū děng fēnglàng píngxī hòu, cái bǎ yóukè dù dào duì'àn. The boatman waited until the wind and waves had calmed before ferrying the tourists to the opposite bank.
- 我们坐小船渡过了这条河。 Wǒmen zuò xiǎochuán dùguò le zhè tiáo hé. We crossed this river in a small boat.
- 他们想在天黑前渡到河对面去。 Tāmen xiǎng zài tiān hēi qián dù dào hé duìmiàn qù. They wanted to get across to the other side of the river before dark.