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峡 xiá

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiá | xia2
English translation
gorge
gorge, ravine, strait; isthmus

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About 峡 xiá

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

峽 xiá

Contains the radical

山 Shān

Part of speech

Abbreviation / 简称略语 Jiǎnchēng lüèyǔ

Learning hint

The space between 夹 jiā  two mountains 山 Shān ; 夹 jiā also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 峡 xiá

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰山夹

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Example sentences using 峡 xiá

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历 lì 山 Shān 上 shǎng , 还有 hái yǒu 两 liǎng 条 tiáo 大 dà 峡谷 xiágǔ , 即 jí 东峡 、 西峡 Xī xiá .

Calendar hill, there are two other Grand Canyon, the East Gap, Xixia.

我们 wǒmen 乘 Chéng 气垫船 qì diàn chuán 横渡 héng dù 英吉利海峡 Yīng jí lì Hǎi xiá .

We took a hovercraft across the English Channel.

海 Hǎi 变窄形成 xíngchéng 海峡 hǎi xiá .

The sea narrows into a strait.

这 zhè 座 zuò 城市 chéngshì 建 jiàn 在 zài 高 Gāo 出 chū 峡谷 xiágǔ 的 de 岩石 yánshí 上 shǎng .

The city is built on the rock rising out of ravines.

这 zhè 条 tiáo 小路 xiǎo lù 弯弯曲曲 wān wān qū qū 的 de 顺着 shùn zhe 峡谷 xiágǔ 那 Nā 陡 dǒu 削的下 xià 坡 pō 蜿蜒 wān yán 而 ér 下 xià .

The trail zigzagged down the abrupt descent of the canyon.

Words with 峡 xiá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
峡谷 xiágǔ canyon峽谷
海峡 hǎi xiá channel海峽
三峡 Sān xiá Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市 Xīn běi shì [Xīn​běi​shì], Taiwan三峽
峡 xiá gorge峽 xiá
台湾海峡 Tái wān Hǎi xiá Taiwan Strait台灣海峽
大峡谷 Dà xiá gǔ great valley大峽谷
英吉利海峡 Yīng jí lì Hǎi xiá English Channel英吉利海峽
海峡群岛 Hǎi xiá Qún dǎo Channel Islands海峽群島
长江三峡 Cháng Jiāng Sān xiá Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡 Qú táng Xiá [Qū​táng​Xiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 Wū Xiá [Wū​Xiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 Xī líng Xiá [Xī​líng​Xiá]長江三峽
三门峡 Sān mén xiá Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan三門峽
白令海峡 Bái lìng Hǎi xiá the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)白令海峽
马六甲海峡 Mǎ liù jiǎ Hǎi xiá Strait of Malacca馬六甲海峽
霍尔木兹海峡 Huò ěr mù zī Hǎi xiá Strait of Hormuz霍爾木茲海峽
山峡 shān xiá gorge山峽
琼州海峡 Qióng zhōu Hǎi xiá Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and Mainland China)瓊州海峽
三门峡市 Sān mén xiá shì Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan三門峽市
峡江 Xiá jiāng Xiajiang county in Ji'an 吉安 Jí ān [Jí​'ān], Jiangxi峽江
巫峡 Wū Xiá Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡 Sān xiá [Sān​Xiá]巫峽
峡湾 xiá wān fjord峽灣
西峡 Xī xiá Xixia county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳 Nán yáng [Nán​yáng], Henan西峽
青铜峡 Qīng tóng xiá Qingtong county level city in Wuzhong 吳忠|吴忠 Wú zhōng [Wú​zhōng], Ningxia青銅峽
西陵峡 Xī líng Xiá Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡 Sān xiá [Sān​Xiá]西陵峽
瞿塘峡 Qú táng Xiá Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆 Chóng qìng [Chóng​qìng], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡 Sān xiá [Sān​Xiá]瞿塘峽
西峡县 Xī xiá xiàn Xixia county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳 Nán yáng [Nán​yáng], Henan西峽縣

峡 xiá Decomposition & Compounds

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