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 3

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.

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.

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