濠 (háo) · a moat; a city trench filled with water

Meanings

1 a moat; a city trench filled with water
2 name of a river in Anhui

Characters

濠

háo

water-filled moat; Hao River

Examples

HSK 7-9

古城墙外有一道深濠。

Gǔ chéngqiáng wài yǒu yì dào shēn háo.

There was a deep moat outside the old city wall.

HSK 7-9

庄子和惠子游于濠梁之上。

Zhuāngzǐ hé Huìzǐ yóu yú Háo liáng zhī shàng.

Zhuangzi and Huizi strolled on the bridge over the Hao River.

Tips

culture

濠 is a water-filled moat (the dry-trench word is 壕). It is also the river in the famous 庄子 passage where, on the bridge over the Hao, he debates with Huizi whether fish are happy; 濠梁 ('Hao bridge') has since meant carefree philosophical leisure.