河床

héchuáng

noun #29,646

Measure Word

一条河床 tiáo

Meanings

1 riverbed
2 river channel bed

Characters

Examples

干旱导致河床裸露，寸草不生。

Gānhàn dǎozhì héchuáng luǒlù, cùn cǎo bù shēng.

The drought left the riverbed exposed and barren.

考古学家在古河床中发现了化石。

Kǎogǔ xuéjiā zài gǔ héchuáng zhōng fāxiàn le huàshí.

Archaeologists found fossils in the ancient riverbed.

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