峡 xiá
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
峡谷
xiágǔ
canyon; gorge
Characters in this word
谷 gǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 谷 — valley, gorge, ravine
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 河流经过千万年的侵蚀，在高原边缘切出一道深邃的峡谷。 Héliú jīngguò qiānwàn nián de qīnshí, zài gāoyuán biānyuán qiē chū yí dào shēnsuì de xiágǔ. Over millions of years of erosion, the river carved a deep canyon along the edge of the plateau.
- 汽车沿着峡谷边的山路开了两个小时才到达目的地。 Qìchē yánzhe xiágǔ biān de shānlù kāile liǎng gè xiǎoshí cái dàodá mùdìdì. The car drove for two hours along the mountain road beside the gorge before reaching its destination.
- 峡谷两侧的山崖又高又陡，几乎看不到顶。 Xiágǔ liǎng cè de shānyá yòu gāo yòu dǒu, jīhū kàn bu dào dǐng. The cliffs on both sides of the gorge are so tall and steep that you can hardly see the top.
Related words
- 海峡 hǎixiá strait
- 低谷 dīgǔ low point; trough
- 谷物 gǔwù grain; cereal crop
- 山谷 shāngǔ valley
- 沼泽 zhǎozé swamp; marsh; wetland
- 悬崖 xuányá cliff; precipice
- 沿岸 yán'àn coastal or riverside area; along the shore/bank
- 雪山 xuěshān snow-covered mountain
- 下游 xiàyóu downstream; lower reaches; downstream sector
- 田园 tiányuán rural; countryside; pastoral
- 支流 zhīliú tributary; branch stream; branch
- 田间 tiánjiān in the fields; field