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山谷 meaning in English

shāngǔ

valley; ravine

HSK 6noun10 strokes

Meaning of 山谷

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shāngǔ
  1. valley
  2. ravine

How to use 山谷

山谷 is a fairly written or descriptive word, common in travel writing, nature descriptions and news. Example: 山谷里有一条小河。(Shāngǔ lǐ yǒu yì tiáo xiǎo hé.) There is a small river in the valley.

山 (shān) looks like three mountain peaks, and 谷 (gǔ) means valley. Put them together and you get the low land lying between the mountains: 山谷, a valley.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes confuse 谷 (gǔ) with 容 (róng), which looks similar but has 宀 on top. Also remember that both syllables are not the same tone: shān is first tone and gǔ is third tone.

山谷 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

小xiǎo山shān后hòu面miàn有yǒu个gè美měi丽lì的de山shān谷gǔ。
A beautiful valley lies behind the hill.
我wǒ们men下xià到dào山shān谷gǔ里lǐ，那nà里lǐ有yǒu个gè村cūn庄zhuāng。
We went down to the valley where the village is.
我wǒ们men听tīng见jiàn自zì己jǐ说shuō话huà的de回huí音yīn从cóng山shān谷gǔ的de另lìng一yī边biān传chuán了le回huí来lái。
We heard the echo of our voices from the other side of the valley.
齐qí里lǐ听tīng到dào山shān谷gǔ里lǐ传chuán来lái摩mó托tuō车chē的de轰hōng鸣míng声shēng。
Ziri heard the sound of a motorcycle echoing in the valley.
图tú阿ā雷léi格gé人rén该gāi把bǎ他tā们men的de牲shēng畜chù转zhuǎn移yí到dào山shān谷gǔ去qù了le。
It's time for the Tuaregs to transfer their herds to the valley.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

山 shān · mountain · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

谷 gǔ · valley · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 山谷.

爬山pá shānto go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
登山dēngshānto climb a mountain; climbing
山区shānqūmountain area
山峰shānfēng(mountain) peak
山坡shānpōhillside
火山huǒshānvolcano
下山xiàshānto go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set
山顶shāndǐnghilltop
峡谷xiágǔcanyon; gill
高山gāoshānhigh mountain; alpine mountain
冰山bīngshāniceberg; ice-covered mountain
山寨shānzhàifortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)

Questions about 山谷

What does 山谷 mean?

山谷 (shāngǔ) means "valley; ravine" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 山谷?

山谷 is made of 2 characters: 山 (3 strokes), 谷 (7 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 山谷 an HSK word?

Yes. 山谷 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 山谷 and 峡谷?

山谷 is a general word for any valley between mountains. 峡谷 (xiágǔ) is a narrow, deep gorge or canyon with steep sides, like a ravine cut by a river.

Does 谷 in 山谷 have anything to do with grain?

In simplified Chinese, 谷 is used both for valley and for grain, because the grain character 穀 was simplified to 谷. In 山谷 it only means valley.

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