黄河/黃河 Huáng Hé — the Yellow River

Meanings

1. 1

   the Yellow River

   The great river of northern China, and the place Chinese civilisation began. It is 黄 — yellow — because of the loess soil it carries; the sediment is what built the plain the country grew on.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 河

  hé (second tone, rising)

  a river; (originally, with a capital) the Yellow River

  8 strokes⿰氵可Radical 水

Example sentences

• 黄河很长，中国人都知道它。/黃河很長，中國人都知道它。Huáng (second tone, rising) Hé (second tone, rising) hěn (third tone, dipping) cháng, (second tone, rising) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising) dōu (first tone, high and level) zhīdào (first tone, high and level) tā. (first tone, high and level)···

  The Yellow River is long, and every Chinese person knows it.

• 去年夏天我去看了黄河。/去年夏天我去看了黃河。Qùnián (fourth tone, falling) xiàtiān (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) qù (fourth tone, falling) kànle (fourth tone, falling) Huáng (second tone, rising) Hé. (second tone, rising)···

  Last summer I went to see the Yellow River.

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