漕河

cáohé

noun

Measure Word

一条漕河 tiáo

Meanings

1 a waterway used for transporting grain in imperial China
2 a canal for grain shipping

Characters

water transport of grain

Examples

HSK 7-9

古代的漕河承担着南粮北运的任务。

Gǔdài de cáohé chéngdān zhe nán liáng běi yùn de rènwu.

The grain canals of ancient times carried out the task of shipping grain from south to north.

HSK 7-9

京杭大运河是中国最重要的漕河。

Jīng-Háng Dàyùnhé shì Zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de cáohé.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is China's most important grain-shipping waterway.

Tips

history

From the Sui dynasty onward, the empire's capitals depended on grain shipped north along the 漕运 system. The 漕河 - the canal network, with the Grand Canal 大运河 at its center - was so strategically important that it had its own dedicated officials (漕运总督) and garrisons. When the canal silted, dynasties starved.

Stroke Order

漕 cáo

河 hé