峡谷 meaning in English

xiágǔ

canyon; gill

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 峽谷16 strokes

Meaning of 峡谷

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiágǔ
  1. canyon
  2. gill
  3. ravine

峡谷 in example sentences

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

峡xiá谷gǔ对duì他tā来lái说shuō非fēi常cháng深shēn。
The gorge looked very deep to him.
铁tiě桥qiáo峡xiá谷gǔ是shì联lián合hé国guó教jiào科kē文wén组zǔ织zhī世shì界jiè遗yí产chǎn。
Ironbridge Gorge is a Unesco world heritage site.

Stroke order for each character

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

峡 xiá · gorge · 9 strokes

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谷 gǔ · valley · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 峡谷.

山谷shāngǔvalley; ravine
海峡hǎixiástrait; channel
低谷dīgǔvalley; trough (as opposed to peaks)
谷仓gǔcāngbarn
谷物gǔwùcereal; grain
河谷hégǔriver valley
谷底gǔdǐvalley floor; (fig.) lowest ebb
布谷bùgǔcuckoo
裂谷liègǔ(geology) rift valley
溪谷xīgǔvalley; gorge
谷地gǔdìvalley

Questions about 峡谷

What does 峡谷 mean?

峡谷 (xiágǔ) means "canyon; gill" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 峡谷?

峡谷 is made of 2 characters: 峡 (9 strokes), 谷 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 峡谷 an HSK word?

Yes. 峡谷 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 峡谷 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 峡谷 is written 峽谷.