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洼

wā

Character Traditional 窪

What 洼 means

1. depression; low-lying area
2. low-lying; sunken

Other readings

洼 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wāvariant of {洼|wā}

Example sentences

• 水洼里可以看见倒影。
  Reflections could be seen in the puddles.
• 我们突然向下望去，只见一个杯状的洼地，上面点缀着矮小的橡树和被多年风暴肆虐扭曲变形的蕨类植物。两座高耸狭窄的塔楼耸立在树梢之上。车夫用鞭子指着前方。他说：「巴斯克维尔庄园。」
  Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

Words starting with 洼

• 洼地wā dìlow-lying ground; depression

Words containing 洼

• 坑坑洼洼kēng keng wā wāfull of pits and hollows; bumpy
• 低洼dī wālow-lying
• 坑洼kēng wāhole; hollow; depression; low-lying
• 山洼shān wāmountain hollow; mountain depression
• 水洼shuǐ wāpuddle
• 大洼区Dà wā QūDawa, a district of Panjin City 盘锦市
• 大洼Dà wāsee 大洼区

Characters built on 圭

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

• 哇wāWow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
• 娃wábaby; doll
• 蛙wāfrog
• 厓yáold form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)

Characters that look like 洼

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

• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select
• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 值zhívalue; (to be) worth; to happen to

Sounds the same

Read wā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哇Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
• 挖to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
• 蛙frog
• 搲to clutch; to grab; to capture
• 穵to dig; to scoop out
• 窊lowland swamp
• 娲surname Wa; sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲
• 凹variant of 洼; (used in names)
• 漥variant of 洼