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峡

xiá

HSK 6 Character Traditional 峽

What 峡 means

1. gorge

Example sentences

• 峡谷对他来说非常深。
  The gorge looked very deep to him.
• 这个海峡对游艇来说太窄了。
  Zhège hǎixiá duì yóutǐng lái shuō tài zhǎi le.
  The straits were too narrow for the cruise ship.
• 并非所有峡湾周围都有山脉。
  Not all fjords have mountains around them.
• 他是游过英吉利海峡的唯一一个美国人。
  Tā shì yóu guo Yīngjílì Hǎixiá de wéiyī yī gè Měiguórén.
  He is the only American who has swum the English Channel.
• 他是唯一一个游过英吉利海峡的美国人。
  Tā shì wéiyī yī gè yóu guo Yīngjílì Hǎixiá de Měiguórén.
  He is the only American who has swum the English Channel.
• 铁桥峡谷是联合国教科文组织世界遗产。
  Ironbridge Gorge is a Unesco world heritage site.

Words starting with 峡

• 峡谷xiá gǔcanyon; gill; ravine
• 峡湾xiá wānfjord
• 峡江县Xiá jiāng XiànXiajiang, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市
• 峡江Xiá jiāngsee 峡江县

Words containing 峡

• 三峡Sān xiáThree Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峡…
• 海峡hǎi xiástrait; channel
• 台湾海峡Tái wān Hǎi xiáTaiwan Strait
• 虎跳峡Hǔ tiào XiáTiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江
• 山峡shān xiágorge; canyon; mountain valley
• 大峡谷Dà xiá gǔgreat valley; Grand Canyon of Colorado River
• 西峡县Xī xiá XiànXixia, a county in Nanyang City 南阳市
• 龙羊峡Lóng yáng xiáLongyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和县
• 加来海峡Jiā lái Hǎi xiáStrait of Calais in the English channel; Strait of Dover…
• 厄勒海峡È lè Hǎi xiáØresund; The Sound (strait between Denmark and Sweden)
• 对马海峡Duì mǎ Hǎi xiáTsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea
• 巴士海峡Bā shì Hǎi xiáBashi Channel in the northern part of the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan
• 朝鲜海峡Cháo xiǎn Hǎi xiáKorea Strait; Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
• 柔佛海峡Róu fó Hǎi xiáStraits of Johor (between Malaysia and Singapore)
• 海峡时报Hǎi xiá Shí bàoThe Straits Times
• 海峡群岛Hǎi xiá Qún dǎoChannel Islands
• 白令海峡Bái lìng Hǎi xiáthe Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)
• 青铜峡市Qīng tóng xiá ShìQingtongxia, a county-level city in Wuzhong City 吴忠市
• 墨西拿海峡Mò xī ná Hǎi xiáStrait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily
• 怒江大峡谷Nù jiāng Dà xiá gǔthe Grand Canyon of the Nujiang river in Tibet and Yunnan
• 新海峡时报Xīn Hǎi xiá Shí bàoNew Strait Times (newspaper)
• 英吉利海峡Yīng jí lì Hǎi xiáEnglish Channel
• 奥特朗托海峡Ào tè lǎng tuō Hǎi xiáStrait of Otranto between the heel of Italy and Albania
• 直布罗陀海峡Zhí bù luó tuó Hǎi xiáStrait of Gibraltar

Characters built on 夹

These share the phonetic component 夹 (jiā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 颊jiácheeks
• 荚jiápod (botany)
• 浃jiāsoaked; to wet; to drench
• 硖xiáplace name
• 蛱jiásee 蛱蝶
• 铗jiápincers for use at a fire; sword

Characters that look like 峡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 垛duǒbattlement; target
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain
• 岷mínname of a river in Sichuan
• 怏yàngdiscontented

Sounds the same

Read xiá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辖linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 狭narrow; narrow-minded
• 侠knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 霞rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瑕blemish; flaw in jade
• 匣box
• 暇leisure
• 遐distant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 黠(phonetic); crafty
• 狎(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously
• 硖place name
• 舺boat; Taiwan pr. jiǎ