门头沟

門頭溝
Méntóugōu
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Mentougou (mountainous western district of Beijing)

Examples

Méntóugōu zài Běijīng de zuì xībiān.
Mentougou is in the far west of Beijing.
Zhōumò wǒmen kāichē qù Méntóugōu páshān.
At the weekend we drove to Mentougou to go hiking.

Tips

culture
One of Beijing's 16 districts, almost entirely mountains. For centuries it supplied Beijing with coal from its mines — the name literally means "Gate-Head Gully", from a ravine that was the mining area's entry point. Badly hit by flooding in summer 2023.

Stroke Order

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gōu