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运河

yùn hé

2-character word Traditional 運河

What 运河 means

1. canal

Other readings

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

• Yùn hésee {运河区|Yùn hé Qū}

The characters in 运河

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way

Example sentences

• 船开过苏伊士运河。
  Chuán kāi guo Sūyīshì Yùnhé.
  The ship sailed through the Suez Canal.
• 这艘船穿过巴拿马运河
  The ship went through the Panama Canal.
• 这艘船太大，没法通过运河。
  Zhè sōu chuán tài dà, méifǎ tōngguò yùnhé.
  This ship is too big to pass through the canal.

Words starting with 运河

• 运河区Yùn hé QūYunhe, a district of Cangzhou City 沧州市

Words containing 运河

• 大运河Dà Yùn héthe Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
• 兴安运河Xīng ān Yùn héanother name for Lingqu 灵渠
• 巴拿马运河Bā ná mǎ Yùn héPanama Canal
• 苏伊士运河Sū yī shì Yùn héSuez Canal
• 京杭运河Jīng Háng Yùn héthe Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
• 京杭大运河Jīng Háng Dà Yùn héthe Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
• 湘桂运河Xiāng Guì Yùn héHunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 灵渠

Sounds the same

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

• 蕴和to contain (e.g. poem contains feelings); contained in