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河谷

hé gǔ

2-character word

What 河谷 means

1. river valley

The characters in 河谷

• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 谷gǔgrain; corn

Example sentences

• 他们向西北方向进军，进入了谢南多厄河谷。
  They marched northwest into the Shenandoah Valley.

Sounds the same

Read hé gǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 合股joint stock; ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn)
• 禾谷cereal; food grain

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