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河

hé
noun HSK 2 #2,186

Measure Word

一条河 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 river

Characters

河
hé
river

Examples

这条河很长。
Zhè tiáo hé hěn cháng.
This river is very long.
我们去河边走走。
Wǒmen qù hébiān zǒuzou.
Let's walk along the river.
小时候我常在河里游泳。
Xiǎoshíhou wǒ cháng zài hé lǐ yóuyǒng.
When I was young, I often swam in the river.

Tips

culture
黄河 (Huáng Hé, the Yellow River) and 长江 (Cháng Jiāng, the Yangtze River) are China's two most important rivers, often called the 'mother rivers' of Chinese civilization.

Stroke Order

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