水渠 (shuǐqú) · irrigation channel; canal; ditch

Measure Word

一条水渠 tiáo

HSK 4

村子旁边有一条水渠。

Cūnzi pángbiān yǒu yì tiáo shuǐqú.

There is an irrigation channel beside the village.

HSK 6

水渠里的水是从山上的水库引下来的。

Shuǐqú lǐ de shuǐ shì cóng shān shàng de shuǐkù yǐn xiàlai de.

The water in the channel is led down from a reservoir up in the hills.

culture

The most famous irrigation channel in China is 红旗渠, the Red Flag Canal in Henan, cut largely by hand along the cliffs of the 太行山 in the 1960s.

水 shuǐ

渠 qú