河床

héchuáng

noun #29,646

Measure Word

一条河床 tiáo

Meanings

1 riverbed
2 river channel bed

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

考古学家在古河床中发现了化石。

Kǎogǔxuéjiā zài gǔ héchuáng zhōng fāxiàn le huàshí.

Archaeologists found fossils in the ancient riverbed.

HSK 7-9

干旱导致河床裸露，寸草不生。

Gānhàn dǎozhì héchuáng luǒlù, cùncǎo-bùshēng.

The drought left the riverbed exposed and barren.

Tips

memory

河 (river) + 床 (bed) - just like a person's bed, a river has a 'bed' at the bottom where it rests.

Stroke Order

河 hé

床 chuáng