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河

hé

HSK 3 Character Measure word 条、道

What 河 means

1. river
2. bound formthe Yellow River
3. bound formthe Milky Way
4. bound form(on restaurant menus) rice noodles {河粉|hé fěn}

Example sentences

• 过河拆桥。
  Guòhé-chāiqiáo.
  Destroy one's bridges after one has crossed the river.
• 河马喜欢水。
  Hémǎ xǐhuan shuǐ.
  Hippopotamuses love water.
• 他开了先河。
  Tā kāi le xiānhé.
  He set a precedent.
• 他游过了河。
  He swam across the river.
• 他坐在河边。
  He sat next to the stream.
• 这条河浅吗？
  Is this river shallow?

Words starting with 河

• 河边hé biānriver bank
• 河流hé liúriver
• 河水hé shuǐriver water
• 河北省Hé běi ShěngHebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄市
• 河南省Hé nán ShěngHenan Province, capital Zhengzhou 郑州市
• 河道hé dàoriver course; river channel
• 河岸hé ànriverside; river bank
• 河西Hé xīland west of the Yellow river; Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces
• 河畔hé pànriverside; river plain
• 河内Hé nèiHanoi, capital of Vietnam
• 河东Hé dōngHedong district of Linyi city 临沂市
• 河谷hé gǔriver valley
• 河面hé miànsurface of a river
• 河床hé chuángriverbed
• 河马hé mǎhippopotamus
• 河滩hé tānriver bank; river shore; strand
• 河口hé kǒuestuary; the mouth of a river
• 河沟hé gōubrook; ditch
• 河伯Hé bóname or river God associated with Yellow river
• 河套hé tàoriver bend
• 河工hé gōngriver conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc); river conservancy worker
• 河心hé xīnmiddle of the river
• 河沙hé shāriver sand
• 河港hé gǎngriver port

Words containing 河

• 黄河Huáng HéYellow River or Huang He
• 小河xiǎo hécreek; stream; brook
• 大河dà hélarge river (esp the Yellow River)
• 运河yùn hécanal
• 淮河Huái HéHuai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黄河
• 银河Yín héMilky Way
• 天河Tiān héMilky Way; see 天河区
• 过河guò héto cross a river
• 长河cháng hélong river; (fig.) long flow of time
• 山河shān hémountains and rivers; the whole country
• 江河jiāng hériver
• 尼罗河Ní luó Héthe Nile (river in northeastern Africa)
• 爱河ài héthe river of love; a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
• 先河xiān hésource; precursor; forerunner
• 多瑙河Duō nǎo HéDanube
• 护城河hù chéng hémoat (surrounding the city wall); (fig.) (business) competitive advantage
• 莱茵河Lái yīn HéRhine River
• 塞纳河Sài nà HéSeine
• 冰河bīng héglacier
• 银河系Yín hé xìMilky Way Galaxy; the galaxy (our galaxy)
• 苏州河Sū zhōu HéSuzhou Creek (river in Shanghai)
• 约旦河Yuē dàn HéJordan River (in southwestern Asia)
• 口若悬河kǒu ruò xuán hémouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib
• 渡河dù héto cross a river

Characters built on 可

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

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 哥gēelder brother
• 呵hē(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onomatopoeia) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
• 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 苛kēsevere; exacting
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 诃hēto scold
• 钶kēcolumbium

Characters that look like 河

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

• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 何héwhat; how; why
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 沛pèicopious; abundant
• 闰rùnintercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar…
• 坷kēused in 坷垃

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach
• 涸to dry; to dry up