青海湖

Qīnghǎi Hú
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Qinghai Lake (Kokonor), China's largest lake, a salt lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Examples

HSK 5
Qīnghǎi Hú shì Zhōngguó zuì dà de hú.
Qinghai Lake is the largest lake in China.
HSK 7-9
Xiàtiān, Qīnghǎi Hú biān kāimǎn le jīnhuáng de yóucàihuā.
In summer, the shores of Qinghai Lake are covered in golden rapeseed flowers.

Tips

culture
The province of 青海, "blue sea", is named after the lake, whose Mongolian name Kokonor also means "blue lake". In old texts it is the 西海, the Western Sea. Each summer cyclists race around it in the 环青海湖 race, the Tour of Qinghai Lake.

Stroke Order

青 qīng
海 hǎi
湖 hú